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A patient is being discharged home after recovering from HHNS. Which statement by the patient requires patient re-education about this condition?

Which medication can be used in a client with chronic kidney disease (CKD) to help stimulate red blood cell production?

Groups of cells that have a similar structure or common function are called ______________.

The nurse working on a transplant team understands that ____________ must be an exact match when selecting donor-recipient pairs for a heart transplantation procedure.

The nurse is caring for M. T. who received a liver transplant 4 days ago. Which of the following assessment findings would the nurse consider most serious and warrant reporting to the physician?

A patient arrives to the ER and is unable to give you a health history due to altered mental status. The family reports the patient has gained over 10 lbs in 1 week and says it is mainly “water” weight. In addition, they report the patient hasn’t been able to urinate or eat within the past week as well and was recently diagnosed with small cell lung cancer. On assessment, you note the patient’s HR is 115 and BP 180/92. Patient sodium level is 90. Which of the following conditions do you suspect the patient is most likely presenting with?

The drugs methylprednisolone (Solu-Medrol), antithymocyte globulin (ATG) and mycophenolate mofetil (CellCept) given to a patient 12 hours prior to undergoing a scheduled renal transplant are:

A patient has an infection and reports not checking their blood glucose or regularly taking Metformin. What condition is this patient MOST at risk for?

The direction of movement of food molecules in plants is ______________.

A male patient s X-ray result reveals bilateral white-outs, indicating adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). This syndrome results from: