A 54-year-old golfer collapsed on the 17th green at the golf…
A 54-year-old golfer collapsed on the 17th green at the golf course. His friend said he wasn’t feeling well after the eighth hole, but insisted on walking and finishing out the game. His skin is pale, cool, and diaphoretic, and he provides incoherent answers to your questions. An initial blood glucose measurement indicates 65 mg/dL. The patient loses consciousness and a second blood glucose level reads 48 mg/dL. You should:
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An uncircumcised male client has just come to the recovery room following a 4-hour back surgery. Before surgery a urinary catheter was placed. During the postoperative assessment, the recovery nurse discovers that the client has developed paraphimosis. What might have happened to the client to cause this?
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A client has had chronic back pain for several years. On assessment, the nurse notes that the patient sits quietly in a chair, reads a book, and does not appear to be in pain. When questioned, the patient rates the pain as a 6 on a scale of 0 to 10. How does the nurse best interpret these data?
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