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A pre-operative patient’s CBC results include:  RBC, 4.6x 10 to the 6th units/L; WBC, 14.6 x 10 to the 3rd units/L; Hb. 14 g/dl; Hct, 55%; platelets 160/mm3 .  What do these results indicate? 

The emergency department nurse reviews the health history of clients admitted to the hospital. Which client is at the highest risk for developing iron deficiency anemia?      

Your previous patient L.M. who is a 32-year-old G2P1 at 39.5 weeks gestation, was admitted for labor and was told her baby is looking “sunny side up” with the occiput on the maternal right side. She is also told she is GBS positive. The following tracing was recorded on admission. What position is the baby in?  [position] What do you need to educate L.M. about being GBS-positive? [positiveeducationneeds] This EFM strip is marked variability with accelerations and a normal contraction pattern. [trueorfalse]      

When a nurse is administering IVIG for conditions like Kawasaki’s, the nurse, the nurse should observe for side effects  such as (Select all that apply.)

In which ways does the nurse provide respect for the patient’s values, preferences, and expressed needs? (Select all that apply.)

A 39-year-old primigravida woman believes that she is approximately 8 weeks pregnant, although she has had irregular menstrual periods all her life. She has a history of smoking approximately one pack of cigarettes a day; however, she tells the nurse that she is trying to cut down. Her laboratory data are within normal limits. What diagnostic technique would be useful at this time?

A recent study of 318 healthcare systems found that in 90% of these healthcare systems, African American patients receive lower doses of pain medication. This is evidence of which phenomenon in healthcare?

Your patient is a G3P1 induction for 40.4 postdates.  She is laboring unmedicated walking using movement and a TENS unit to cope with contractions. Suddenly her water breaks on the floor.  What is your priority intervention?

The nurse reviewed the history of this 3-week-old infant and read that he was diagnosed with coarctation of the aorta. The nurse realizes that this congenital disease causes the symptoms experienced by the infant. Choose the most likely options for the information missing from the statements below by selecting from the lists of the options provided.  Coarctation of the aorta is described as the  [1] ____ of the aortic arch . A classic finding is [3] _____pulses in the arms and [4]____femoral pulses

The patient L.M. that was just admitted in active labor has the following EFM tracing. She just finished getting her epidural. Her vitals are T 99.7, BP 89/64, HR 125, RR 20 Describe the components of the EFM tracing including the variability, baseline, if accelerations are present/absent, if decelerations are present/absent and if present, what type and why. Are any interventions necessary for this strip and if so,  what interventions would be the priority intervention to implement. What is the frequency and duration of the contraction pattern?  variability [variability] baseline [baseline] accelerations [accelerations] decelerations [decelerations] cause of decel [causeofdeceleration] interventions [interventions] uterine contractions [uterinefrequencyandduration]