Burns chap 8 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

NUR 2407 Pharm Study Guide Exam 2 Week 4 – Chapter 37-39, 32-33 Chapter 37: Antineoplastic Agents • Cancer • Cancer (malignant, neoplastic) cells are characterized by unregulated growth, lack of differentiation and spread (metastasis) to other places in the body. • Anticancer Therapy: • Chemotherapy is the use of chemicals to kill cancer cells by inhibiting or preventing cell reproduction. Classes of Chemotherapy Drugs: - Alkylating Agents - Antimetabolites - Antitumor A...

HESI_Med_Surg_E 1. Which assessment is most important for the nurse to perform on a client who is hospitalized for Guillain-Barre syndrome that is rapidly progressing?  Respiratory effort.  Unsteady gait.  Intensity of pain.  Ability to eat. Guillain-Barre syndrome causes paralysis or weakness that typically starts at the feet and progresses upwards. As the condition progresses, the nurse must ensure that the client is able to breathe effectively. Heuther, Understanding Pat...

1. Which assessment is most important for the nurse to perform on a client who is hospitalized for Guillain-Barre syndrome that is rapidly progressing?  Respiratory effort.  Unsteady gait.  Intensity of pain.  Ability to eat. Guillain-Barre syndrome causes paralysis or weakness that typically starts at the feet and progresses upwards. As the condition progresses, the nurse must ensure that the client is able to breathe effectively. Heuther, Understanding Pathophysiology, 6t...

1. A nurse is reinforcing teaching with an older adult client who has osteoporosis. Which of the following instructions should the nurse in the teaching? a) "Place throw rugs on wooden floors at home." b) "Supplement your diet with vitamin E." c) "Swim laps for 20 minutes twice per week." d) "Take calcium supplements with meals." (The nurse should instruct the client to take calcium carbonate supplements with or following meals to increase absorption and effectiveness.) 2. A nurse is rev...

ATI Med-Surg Proctored Exam 2019 ( 87 QA) Verified And Correct Answers. ATI MED-SURG Proctored Exam 1. A nurse is reinforcing teaching with an older adult client who has osteoporosis. Which of the following instructions should the nurse in the teaching? a) "Place throw rugs on wooden floors at home. " b) "Supplement your diet with vitamin E." c) "Swim laps for 20 minutes twice per week." d) "Take calcium supplements with meals." (The nurse should instruct the client to ta...

ATI NURSING ATI med-Surg part B MED-SURG PART B ATI NURSING ATI med-Surg part B MED-SURG PART B 1. A nurse is reinforcing teaching with an older adult client who has osteoporosis. Which of the following instructions should the nurse in the teaching? a) "Place throw rugs on wooden floors at home." b) "Supplement your diet with vitamin E." c) "Swim laps for 20 minutes twice per week." d) "Take calcium supplements with meals." (The nurse should instruct the client to take calc...

Nr 293 week 3 and 4 Practice questions for Neuro drugs Practice Questions for neuro drugs 1. What are examples of barbiturate-type hypnotic and sedative drugs? (Select all that apply.) a. Pentobarbital (Nembutal) b. Eszopiclone (Lunesta) c. Zolpidem (Ambien) d. Triazolam (Halcion) e. Secobarbital (Seconal) 2. A nurse is caring for a patient who has been administered a barbiturate. Which is a symptom of barbiturate toxicity that the nurse must monitor the patient for? a. Restlessness...

ATI Med - Surg part B (2019) – Chamberlain College of Nursing MED-SURG PART B 1. A nurse is reinforcing teaching with an older adult client who has osteoporosis. Which of the following instructions should the nurse in the teaching? a) "Place throw rugs on wooden floors at home." b) "Supplement your diet with vitamin E." c) "Swim laps for 20 minutes twice per week." d) "Take calcium supplements with meals." (The nurse should instruct the client to take calcium carbonate supple...

Chap 36: Care of Patients with Vascular Problems Ignatavicius: Medical-Surgical Nursing, 8th Edition MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. A student nurse is assessing the peripheral vascular system of an older adult. What action by the student would cause the faculty member to intervene? a. Assessing blood pressure in both upper extremities b. Auscultating the carotid arteries for any bruits c. Classifying capillary refill of 4 seconds as normal d. Palpating both carotid arteries at the same time ANS...

ATI NURSING ATI med-Surg part B MED-SURG PART B 1. A nurse is reinforcing teaching with an older adult client who has osteoporosis. Which of the following instructions should the nurse in the teaching? a) "Place throw rugs on wooden floors at home." b) "Supplement your diet with vitamin E." c) "Swim laps for 20 minutes twice per week." d) "Take calcium supplements with meals." (The nurse should instruct the client to take calcium carbonate supplements with or following meals to ...