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The nurse is caring for a 56-year-old female patient brought into the emergency room by her family with complaints of fever over the past 3 days. The patients temp 103.6, HR 128, & RR 28, BP 88.60, what would you expect? Decreased absolute neutrophil count (ANC) Cancer management requires a collaborative approach including a multidisciplinary team. Determining the plan after diagnosis is which collaborative intervention? Developing a treatment plan An outdoor construction worker with pr...

Pharmacology NR 293 Exam 1 2023/2024 Quiz :Pharmacotherapeutics - √Answer :is the use of medications to prevent illnesses or as an intervention to treat diseases. Quiz :Pharmacokinetics - √Answer :what the body does to a medication and entails four very important processes: absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of the drug Quiz :Pharmacodynamics - √Answer :explores what the drug does to the body. Quiz :The nursing process - √Answer :evidence-based framework that ...

The nurse understands that nursing informatics is recognized as a specialty area of practice by which statement? 1. Research priorities for nursing informatics include the development of a standard nursing language and the development of databases for clinical information. 2. A formal educational program at the master's level must be completed before a nurse is eligible to sit for the credentialing examination. 3. As a differentiated practice, nursing informatics is focused upon the clien...

1. A small, rural hospital is part of an Accountable Care Organization (ACO) and is designatedas a Level 1 ACO. What is part of this designation? a. Bonuses based on achievement of benchmarks b. Care coordination for chronic diseases c. Standards for minimum cash reserves d. Strict requirements for financial reporting ANS: A A Level 1 ACO has the least amount of financial risk and requirements, but receives shared savings bonuses based on achievement of benchmarks for quality measures and ...

Healthstream Test 2022/2023 Updated Questions and Answers with complete solution A patient assessment reveals distended neck veins, pulsus paradoxus, and decreased systolic pressure. This assessment is most consistent with: cardiac tamponade. The nurse is caring for a patient with severe sepsis and third-degree heart block. The patient is hypotensive. The treatment for this life-threatening rhythm change includes: transcutaneous pacing. A patient is admitted to the ICU with suspected ...

The charge nurse is supervising patient care in thesurgical suite. Which action, if performed by a nurse, would require thecharge nurse to intervene? a. The nurse wears a mask in thesemirestricted area. b. The nurse wears a hair cover in thesemirestricted area. c. The nurse wears street clothes in thesemirestricted area. d. The nurse wears surgical scrubs in thesemirestricted area. ANS: C Wearing street clothes in thesemirestricted area is not permitted. thesurgical suite is divided into...

CRITICAL CARE EXAM 3 FINALS 2023/2024 Question 1 of 10The patient is admitted with severe abdominal pain due to pancreatitis. The patient asks the nurse, "What causes this? Why does it hurt so much?" The nurse should answer: (Points : 1) "Pancreatitis is extremely rare and no one knows why it causes pain." "Pancreatitis is caused by diabetes; you should be checked." "Injury to certain cells in the pancreas causes it to digest (eat) itself, causing pain." "The pain is localiz...

Primary Care : A Collaborative Practice, 6th Edition Terry Buttaro, JoAnn Trybulski, Patricia Polgar-Bailey Joanne Sandberg-Cook Chapter 1: The Evolving Landscape of Collaborative Practice Test Bank Multiple Choice 1. Which assessments of care providers are performed as part of the Value Based Purchasing initiative? Select all that apply. a. Appraising costs per case of care for Medicare patients b. Assessing patients’ satisfaction with hospital care c. Evaluating available evidence to guide c...

Healthstream Exam Questions and Answers | Latest Update 2023/2024 (Graded A+). The nurse assesses a patient's chest tube drainage 2 hours following thoracic surgery. The total drainage in the system is 200 mL. The nurse knows that: this is an excessive amount of drainage The patient being admitted requires CRRT therapy. The nurse assigned to admit the patient has not been educated on this therapy. The charge nurse adjusts the assignment so that a nurse with 3 years experience in CRRT ther...

HESI PN LPN FUNDAMENTALS EXAM Questions and Answers Latest Updated 2024 (Verified). A client who is in hospice care complains of increasing amounts of pain. The healthcare provider prescribes an analgesic every four hours as needed. Which action should the LPN/LVN implement? A. Give an around-the-clock schedule for administration of analgesics. B. Administer analgesic medication as needed when the pain is severe. C. Provide medication to keep the client sedated and unaware of stimuli. D. O...