A 59-year old female patient who suffered multiple broken bo…
A 59-year old female patient who suffered multiple broken bones in a motor vehicle accident. She weighs 138 pounds. The nurse chooses a protein factor of 1.5 g/kg to estimate her protein needs and calculates that this patient’s protein requirements are approximately _____ grams per day.
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A 46-year-old patient admitted to the hospital with an increased intracranial pressure (ICP), opens the eyes to verbal stimulation, ask the nurse to “leave my house now” when stimulated, and does not respond to a verbal command to move but attempts to push away a painful stimulus. The nurse records the patient’s Glasgow Coma Scale score as
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