A client, age 28, was recently diagnosed with Hodgkin’s disease. After staging, therapy is planned to include combination radiation therapy and systemic chemotherapy with MOPP— nitrogen mustard, vincristine (Onconvin), prednisone, and procarbazine. In planning care for this client, the nurse should anticipate which of the following side effects to contribute to a sense of altered body image?
A client is having a seizure; his blood oxygen saturation drops from 92% to 82%. What should the nurse do first?
Erythropoietin used to treat anemia in clients with renal failure should be given in conjunction with:
The goals of palliative care include all of the following except:
Which is the proper hand position for performing chest vibration?
A client is complaining of difficulty walking secondary to a mass in the foot. The nurse should document this finding as:
To remove hard contact lenses from an unresponsive client, the nurse should:
Which of the following nursing diagnoses might be appropriate as Parkinson’s disease progresses and complications develop?
A client is taking hydrocodone (Vicodin) for chronic back pain. The client has required an increase in the dose and asks whether this means he is addicted to Vicodin. The nurse should base her reply on the knowledge that:
All of the following factors, when identified in the history of a family, are correlated with poverty except:
When helping a client gain insight into anxiety, the nurse should:
Following a classic cholecystectomy resection for multiple stones, the PACU nurse observes a serosanguious drainage on the dressing. The most appropriate intervention is to:
In teaching clients with Buck’s Traction, the major areas of importance should be:
Assessment of the client with an arteriovenous fistula for hemodialysis should include:
Which of the following foods might a client with a hypercholesterolemia need to decrease his or her intake of?
