Select the three categories below that have been designated for prevention of coronary heart disease by the ACC/AHA guidelines. Question 34 options: Adults aged 40 through 75 years with LDL levels 70 through 189 mg/dL and 7.5% or greater 10-year risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Adults with LDL cholesterol levels of 190 mg/dL or higher. […]

The health care provider prescribes betamethasone intramuscularly for a pregnant client admitted to the hospital at 31 weeks’ gestation who is receiving intravenous tocolytic therapy for preterm labor. After administering the drug, the nurse should assess the client for which possible side effect?

While assessing a confused and mute 92-year-old female client, you notice bruising and bleeding around her genital area. When you point this out to the granddaughter that she lives with, the granddaughter states, “I noticed that, too, when I was bathing her this morning. I figured she must have injured herself. I didn’t think much […]

When teaching adult patients with blocked nasal passages about the correct order to administer their medications, the nurse will instruct them to do what? 2 Points Explain that they need to administer a nasal decongestant just before the intranasal cromolyn sodium Explain that they need to administer their antihistamine 30 minutes prior to the use […]

3. Create an email you will send to Valerie Ramirez using the patient portal. Please use the following address when sending the email: [email protected]. In the email, please professionally address the following: • Include the date of visit (use today’s date) • Properly address the patient • Include her DOB: 04-27-1965 • Discuss her results from […]

The patient’s chart includes the physician’s documentation stating that the patient was diagnosed with bradycardia. However, the vital signs logged in showed a pulse rate of 135 beats per minute. This is an example of requiring a query because the chart: is inaccurate. contains contradictory information. is ambiguous. has missing informa

What is recommended to patients with allergic seasonal rhinitis that does not respond to antihistamines? 2 Points It is recommended that they start taking cromolyn sodium It is recommended that they take NSAIDs It is recommended that they increase the dose of the antihistamines It is recommended that they take topical or systematic corticosteroids

 Describe the difference between hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism. Provide a nursing intervention for each. 11) What are three types of smoke and inhalation injuries? Describe each. 12) What parameters should be used to assess the adequacy of fluid replacement? 13) What are two types of wound treatment used to control infection? Describe each. 14) What are […]

A patient with chronic conjunctivitis arrives at their ophthalmologist’s office. The ophthalmologist states that the patient has a bacterial infection and is worried that they may go blind if the chronic conjunctivitis is not addressed. What could the patient be diagnosed with? a.) Trachoma b.) Herpes keratitis c.) Keratoconjunctivitis d.) Loiasis

At a doctor’s clinic, an elderly woman states that she has been experiencing a burning sensation when she urinates and noticing blood in her urine. Her doctor suspects she has an inflamed bladder caused by a nontransmissible bladder infection and wants to conduct a test using a urine dipstick. What disease does the doctor suspect […]