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2020-2: A client is being treated for tuberculosis, and the doctor writes an order to collect a sputum specimen. What is the rationale behind this order?

Do not answer…points for select all

If the nurse is trying to determine the best treatment or course of action and wants to incorporate the most reliable evidence into the decision, the nurse will use a filtered resource such as:

You are Mrs. Logan’s nurse. Mrs. Logan is about to have surgery. Before the surgery, Mrs. Logan’s surgeon had come into her room to explain the surgery, the benefits and risks, potential complications, expected outcome, and postoperative recovery. This is called informed consent. It represents the patient’s standard set of instructions and education and is done by the surgeon before someone having surgery in the preoperative period. You are also present in Mrs. Logan’s room when the surgeon stopped by to implement his informed consent education of his patient. You know that the doctor is responsible for obtaining a patient’s informed consent. What are you witnessing when you sign Mrs. Logan’s consent? Select all that apply.

An elderly man is admitted to the medical surgical unit with a diagnosis of dehydration. Which sign or symptom is most representative of a sodium imbalance?   

 The client is about to go to undergo a computerized tomography (CT) scan of the head with contrast. Which of the following questions by the nurse is most important to ask while preparing the client for the test?

You are Mr. Abdul’s nurse for the shift. Mr. Abdul tells you about his congestive heart failure (CHF), his 56-pack year cigarette habit, his coronary artery disease, and his complaints of weight gain as well as feeling tired all the time and barely having enough energy to sit up sometimes. You note fine crackles in his lung fields and a moist nonproductive cough. You also note 3+ pitting bilateral edema of his lower extremities and diminished pulses in both lower extremities she palpated. Mr. Abdul’s medical diagnoses, smoking history, weight gain, weakness, shortness of breath on exertion, fine crackles in lung fields, moist cough, and 3+ bilateral pitting edema of his lower extremities all point to a significant problem in fluid balance. What problem does Mr. Abdul have regarding his fluid status? Select all that apply.

Relaxin is a hormone that increases the flexibility of the pubic joints during late stages of pregnancy.

Bonus (1pt). Diarthroses are freely movable joints.

Bonus (1pt) Phagocytes and NK cells are part of the innate defense system.