Miami Dade College, MiamiNURNUR 2212c6.doc - Chapter 06 to chapter 52 10th Edition

1. The nurse is performing a medication history on a patient who reports using phentermine HCl (Suprenza) 15 mg/day for the past 3 months as an appetite suppressant. The nurse will contact the patient’s provider to discuss a. changing the medication to phentermine-topiramate (Qsymia). b. incre...

1. A 40-yr-old patient with suspected acromegaly is seen at the clinic. To assist in making the diagnosis, which question should the nurse ask? b. “Do you have to wear larger shoes now?” 2. A patient is scheduled for transsphenoidal hypophysectomy to treat a pituitary adenoma. During preoper...

1. A male patient who has a profuse, purulent urethral discharge with painful urination is seen at the clinic. Which information will be most important for the nurse to obtain? c. Recent sexual contacts 2. A 20-yr-old female patient who is being seen in the family medicine clinic for an annual p...

1. Which statement by a nurse to a patient newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes is correct? c. Changes in diet and exercise may control blood glucose levels in type 2 diabetes. 2. A patient screened for diabetes at a clinic has a fasting plasma glucose level of 120 mg/dL (6.7 mmol/L). The nurse w...

1. The nurse obtains a health history from an older patient with a prosthetic mitral valve who has symptoms of infective endocarditis (IE). Which question by the nurse is most focused on identifying a risk factor for IE? d. “Have you had dental work done recently?” 2. During the assessment o...

1. When developing a teaching plan for a 61-yr-old patient with multiple risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD), the nurse should focus primarily on the b. elevated low-density lipoprotein (LDL) level. 2. Which nursing intervention is likely to be most effective when assisting the patient...

A 74-yr-old patient has just arrived in the emergency department. After assessment reveals a pulse deficit of 46 beats, the nurse will anticipate that the patient may require d. electrocardiographic (ECG) monitoring. 2. The nurse is reviewing the 12-lead electrocardiograph (ECG) for a healthy 74-...

1. Which action will the nurse in the hypertension clinic take to obtain an accurate baseline blood pressure (BP) for a new patient? b. Have the patient sit in a chair with the feet flat on the floor. 2. The nurse obtains the following information from a patient newly diagnosed with prehypertens...

1. The nurse is advising a clinic patient who was exposed a week ago to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) through unprotected sexual intercourse. The patient’s antigen and antibody test has just been reported as negative for HIV. What instructions should the nurse give to this patient? a. “...

1. The nurse assesses a patient’s surgical wound on the first postoperative day and notes redness and warmth around the incision. Which action by the nurse is appropriate? b. Document the assessment. 2. A patient with an open leg lesion has a white blood cell (WBC) count of 13,500/µL and a ba...