Unit 5 CEA Immunity
A nurse is teaching with a client about taking high doses of oral glucocorticoids for an extended period of time to treat rheumatoid arthritis. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the teaching?
"Monitor for compression fractures of the back and neck."
ap A clinic nurse is performing a physical assessment on a client who has systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?
A dry, red rash across the bridge of the nose and on the cheeks.
A nurse is assessing a client who is to have IV urography. Which of the following data should indicate to the nurse that this procedure is contraindicated for this client?
Allergy to shellfish
A nurse is reviewing the laboratory results of an adolescent female client and notes a WBC count of 16,000/mm? with increased immature neutrophils (bands) and normal monocytes. Which of the following is the appropriate analysis of the results?
An acute infectious process
A nurse is assessing a client after administering IV vancomycin. Which of the following findings is the nurse's priority to report to the provider?
Audible inspiratory stridor
A nurse is teaching a client who has a new prescription for aspirin to treat rheumatoid arthritis. The nurse should include to monitor for which of the following adverse effects of this medication?
Bleeding
A nurse is caring for a client who has HIV. Which of the following laboratory values is the nurse's priority?
CD4-T-cell count 180 cells/mm3
A nurse in a clinic is assessing a client who has AIDS and a significantly decreased CD4-T-cell count. The nurse should recognize that the client is at risk for developing which of the following infectious oral conditions?
Candidiasis
A nurse is caring for a client who has a new diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and asks where this disease originates within the body. The nurse should tell the client that SLE originates in ip which of the following locations in the body?
Connective tissue
A nurse suspects anaphylaxis when caring for a client following the initial administration of an oral antibiotic. Which of the following should be the nurse's priority intervention?
Count the respiratory rate.
A nurse is teaching a client who has a new prescription for prednisone to treat rheumatoid arthritis. The nurse should inform the client that which of the following is a therapeutic effect of this medication?
Decreases inflammation
A nurse is caring for a client who is experiencing anaphylactic shock in response to the administration of penicillin. Which of the following medications should the nurse administer first?
Epinephrine
A nurse is caring for an older adult client who has rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and is taking aspirin 650 mg every 4 hours. Which of the following diagnostic tests should the nurse monitor to evaluate the effectiveness of this medication?
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)
A nurse is teaching a female client who has a new diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The nurse should recognize the need for further teaching when the client identifies which of the following as a factor that can exacerbate SLE?
Exercise
A nurse is assessing a client who has systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?
Facial rash
A nurse is presenting a community-based program about HIV and AIDS. A client asks the nurse to describe the initial symptoms experienced with HIV infection. Which of the following manifestations should the nurse include in the explanation of initial symptoms?
Flu-like symptoms and night sweats
A nurse is assessing a client who has systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Which of the following findings is the highest priority for the nurse to report to the provider?
Presence of peripheral edema
A nurse is caring for a client who has HIV. Which of the following laboratory tests should the nurse monitor to assess the effectiveness of therapy?
Quantitative RNA assay
A nurse is caring for a client who has streptococcal pneumonia and a prescription for penicillin G by lient intermittent IV bolus. 10 minutes into the infusion of the third dose, the client reports that the IV site ption itches and that he feels dizzy and short of breath. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?
Stop the Infusion.
A nurse is talking with a client who has to come to the clinic for HIV testing. The nurse should explain that, after the laboratory has the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) results, it will use which of the following tests to confirm the diagnosis?
Western blot analysis