174 Best Nursing Questions and Answers (Q&A) - ProProfs Discuss

What is the major disadvantage of barbiturate use?

RN pedia
Answered: Apr 25, 2024

Potential for drug dependence

Patients can become dependent on barbiturates, especially with prolonged use. Because of the rapid distribution of some barbiturates, no correlation exists...Read More

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What RN means in nursing?

John Smith
Answered: Apr 25, 2024

Tag the scale with "do not use" and report the scale to maintenance for service.

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What is the best indication of proper placement of nasogastric tube in the stomach?

Mbastide
Answered: Apr 25, 2024

PH of the aspirate is less than 5

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What is the best nursing school in the U.S?

D.Anthonyda
Answered: Feb 06, 2018

There are various different nursing schools in the United States. The best ones among these are, Duke University Durham NC, Johns Hopkins University Baltimore MD, and University of Washington...Read More

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What would a nurse expect to find in an assessment of a healthy family?

John Smith
Answered: Apr 25, 2024

The structure is flexible enough to adapt to crises.-a healthy family has a flexible structure that allows adaptable performance of tasks and acceptance of help from outside the family system. the...Read More

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Which is not true about cognitive therapy?

John Smith
Answered: Apr 25, 2024

Cognitions are attitudes or assumptions schemata are attitudes or assumptions. Cognitions are verbal or pictorial events in ones stream of consciousness. Cognitions are based on schemata...Read More

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Which intervention is appropriate for the nurse caring for a client in severe pain receiving a continuous I.V. infusion of morphine?

Y. Dawne, Content Blogger
Answered: Feb 07, 2019

Obtaining baseline vital signs before administering the first dose. Morphine Sulfate is an opioid anagelsic that is primarily metabolized by the liver. Nurses should monitor blood pressu...Read More

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When should postural drainage to relieve respiratory congestion should take place?

John Smith
Answered: Apr 25, 2024

Before meals

Postural drainage is best performed before, rather after meals to avoid tiring the patient or inducing vomiting. The patients safety supersedes the convenience in scheduling...Read More

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Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

John Smith
Answered: Apr 25, 2024

If possible, keep the other bed in the room unassigned to provide privacy and comfort to the family.-when a family member is dying, it is most helpful for nursing staff to provide a culturally...Read More

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What is the nurse's primary responsibility when caring for a client and following universal precautions?

John Smith
Answered: Apr 25, 2024

Consider all body substances potentially infectious. Universal precautions are based on the concepts that all body substances are potentially infectious and that direct contact with them must be...Read More

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Why is the ER now called the ED?

John Smith
Answered: Apr 25, 2024

“your baby can’t empty the formula that is in the stomach into the bowel”-pyloric stenosis is an anomaly of the upper gastrointestinal tract. the condition involves a thickening, or...Read More

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What should be asked to assess a patient's cerebral function during a health history?

Arnoldjr
Answered: Apr 25, 2024

"Do you have difficulty remembering things?"

Memory is tested during the mental status examination, which evaluates cerebral function. Numbness and tingling are abnormal findings of the...Read More

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Which types of medications can be administered via gastrostomy tube?

RN pedia
Answered: Apr 25, 2024

Most tablets designed for oral use, except for extended-duration compounds

Capsules, enteric-coated tablets, and most extended duration or sustained release products should not be...Read More

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How do you become a graduate nurse?

C.Mila
Answered: May 01, 2018

While picking your vocation way, consider the type of work environment you incline toward. For instance, RNs can be found in healing centers, specialists' workplaces and other medicinal settings,...Read More

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How do you administer general anesthesia to a patient?

John Smith
Answered: Apr 25, 2024

Keep the client in a side-lying position.-priority care of this client includes the promotion of fetal oxygenation. precipitous labor progresses quickly with frequent contractions and short periods...Read More

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