Brunner and Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing, 15th Edition Questions and Answers

A nurse is performing triage at the scene of a building collapse and is using a five-level triage system. Place the categories below in the proper order from most to least immediate. a. Urgent b. Resuscitation c. Emergent d. Nonurgent e. Less urgent ANSWER: b. Resuscitation c. Emergent ...

Which phase of a migraine headache usually lasts less than an hour? ANSWER: Aura The premonitory phase is experienced by more than 80% of adult migraine sufferers, with symptoms that occur hours to days before a migraine headache. In the postdrome phase, the pain gradually subsides, but patie...

Which is the most common cause of symptomatic hypomagnesemia? Intravenous drug use Alcoholism Sedentary lifestyle Burns ANSWER: Alcoholism You are caring for a client with severe hypokalemia. The physician has ordered IV potassium to be administered at 10 mEq/hr. The client complains of bu...

A nurse is caring for a client who had a three-vessel coronary bypass graft 4 days earlier. The client's cholesterol profile is as follows: total cholesterol 265 mg/dl, lowdensity lipoprotein (LDL) 139 mg/dl, and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) 32 mg/dl. The client asks the nurse how to lower h...

Risk factors for osteoarthritis and its progression include older age, female gender, and obesity. ANSWER: true Three distinct characteristics of the pathophysiology of rheumatic diseases are inflammation, autoimmunity, and ______________. ANSWER: degeneration _______________, a noninfla...

Expected range for Sodium ANSWER: 135-145 mEq/L Signs and Symptoms of hypOnatreamia (less than 134 mEq/L) ANSWER: Anorexia nausea/vomiting headache lethargy dizziness/confusion muscle crams, weakness and twitching seizures dry skin increased pulse decreased BP weight gain edema ...

Signs of hypokalemia include _____ fatigue, muscle cramps, ___ constipation and _____ and a ____ on a EKG ANSWER: muscle weakness, constipation, intervened T waves and U wave Unstable angina increased in severity and may not be resolved _ ANSWER: with rest or nitro Instruct patients that a...

How would you assess skin tugor? ANSWER: pinching the skin over the sternum or forehead Oxygen delivery to the cells is diminished in the setting of what? ANSWER: anemia What is secreted in the the stomach to help with absorption in the ileum? ANSWER: B12 How should plasma be stored? A...

Postural hypotension is likely in the setting of decrease in preload whih decrease? ANSWER: cardiac output; sustained decrease of at least 20 mm Hg in systolic BP or 10 mm Hg in diastolic BP within 3 minutes of moving from a lying or sitting to a standing position. It is usually accompanied...