EAQ #1

While obtaining the vital signs of a client, the nurse finds that the body temperature of the client is 98.6 °F. The nurse concludes that the client is experiencing what? 1Hypothermia 2Hyperpyrexia 3Hyperthermia 4Normothermia

4 normothermia

After surgery for insertion of a coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), a client develops a temperature of 102 F. What priority concern related to elevated temperatures does a nurse consider when notifying the health care provider about the client's temperature?

A fever increases the cardiac output

What are the signs and symptoms observed in the human body with a decrease in body temperature? A. Shivering B. Profuse sweating C. Flushed appearance D. Dilation of blood vessels E. Contraction of blood vessels

A, E

When planning discharge teaching for a young adult, the nurse should include the potential health problems common in this age group. What should the nurse include in this teaching plan? kidney dysfunctions cardio vascular disease eye problems, such as glaucoma Accidents, including their prevention

Accidents, including their prevention

A client who is receiving chemotherapy for lung cancer has nausea and vomiting because of the therapy. The client wants to know if it is true that smoking marijuana will help. What is the nurse's best response? A. "smoking marijuana is not legal in any state" B. "marijuana is effective for nausea and vomiting if injected" C. "marijuana is not proven to be effective in preventing chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting" D."Tetrahydrocannabinol is an ingredient in marijuana that acts as an antiemetic in some people."

D

After determining that the nurses on the psychiatric unit are uncomfortable caring for clients who are from different cultures than their own, the nurse manager establishes a unit goal that by the next annual review the unit will have achieved what?

Increased cultural compentence

A client who had a subtotal thyroidectomy asks how hypothyroidism may develop when the problem was hyperthyroidism. What should the nurse consider when formulating a response?

Less thyroid tissue is available to supply thyroid hormone after surgery.

Which feature is characteristic of a risk nursing diagnosis?

The diagnosis does not have related factors

The nurse manager working at a rehabilitation center for older adults notices an increase in the incidence of client falls. The nurse manager reprimands the nurses and staff responsible for the falls and places them on probation. Which statement best describes the nurse managers leadership style?autocratic leadership shared leadership good clinical leadership skills effective interprofessional leadership

autocratic leadership