A client sustained severe burns over both lower extremities…
A client sustained severe burns over both lower extremities 1 week ago. The client informs the nurse of having had to wait for 30 minutes the night before to receive pain medication, which caused the pain not to be relieved after administration. What suggestions could the nurse make to the health care provider to provide adequate relief of pain?
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A client has been hospitalized for diagnostic testing. The client has just been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, which the health care provider explains is an autoimmune disorder. How would the nurse explain an autoimmune disease to the client?
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An adult with severe cognitive impairment has had a surgical procedure, and the nurse is having a difficult time assessing the level of pain the client is having postoperatively. What method can the nurse use to obtain data about the client’s pain?
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The nurse is caring for a client diagnosed with coryza possibly from the rhinovirus. Vital signs are temperature: 101.2° F, pulse: 72 beats/minute, respirations: 28 breaths/minute, blood pressure: 112/70 mm Hg. Upon morning assessment, the client states a sore throat, moist cough, and watery eyes. The lungs are coarse in the bases. Which afternoon assessment finding suggests the advancement to an infectious process?
Read DetailsIn high school, I had a friend that misused laxative OTC med…
In high school, I had a friend that misused laxative OTC medications in hopes that it would help her lose weight. Her belief was a [mythfact] because laxatives [dodonotcauseweightloss]. Laxatives work by acting in the [smalllargestomach] to [drugaction].
Read DetailsWhat are eyewitness descriptions of perpetrators typically l…
What are eyewitness descriptions of perpetrators typically like, and how should the legal system treat such descriptions when making investigative or evidentiary decisions? Consider both their potential value and their limitations.
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