A nurse is caring for a client who has cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy. Physical Examination January: Weight 70.5 kg (155 lb)BMI 24 February: Weight 69 kg (152 lb)BMI 23 Diagnostic Results January: Complete Blood Count:WBC count 5,500/mm³ (5,000 to 10,000/mm³)RBC count 4.2 (4.2 to 5.4)Hgb 12 g/dL (12 g/dL to 16 g/dL)Hct 37% (37% to 47%)Platelet count: 150,000/mm³ (150,000 to 400,000/mm³) February: Complete Blood Count:WBC count: 4,500/mm³ (5,000 to 10,000/mm³)RBC count 4 (4.2 to 5.4)Hgb: 14 g/dL (15 g/dL to 16 g/dL)Hct: 36% (37% to 47%)Platelet count: 140,000/mm³ (150,000 to 400,000/mm³) Nurses’ Notes January:  Client reports fatigue and nausea following chemotherapy treatments. States, “It just makes me not want to eat. When I do eat, the food taste funny.” Client teaching: Instructed client to attempt to eat small meals several times daily, to eat food cold or at room temperature, to avoid fried foods. Encourage client to rest before eating meals. Oral mucosa is inflamed.  Client teaching: Instructed client to avoid mouthwashes that contain alcohol, to increase water intake to 2 or more liters daily, and to avoid hot foods. Reviewed laboratory findings and stressed the need to protect self from illness due to immunosuppression. Client teaching: Instructed client to not eat raw or undercooked meat, to drink only pasteurized milk, and to boil water before drinking it; take temperature daily and report fever, avoid crowds, wash hands frequently with antimicrobial soap. Reviewed laboratory findings and stressed need for bleeding precautions. Client states, “I’ve had bleeding from these ulcers in my mouth.” Client teaching: Use an electric razor, take a stool softener if constipation occurs, avoid coarse-textured foods. February: Client has experienced weight loss of 1.5 kg (3 lb), has experienced decrease in hct and hgb, WBC, and platelet count. Client reports still not able to consume much food; has increased intake of water. Oral mucosa with less inflammation. Client reports no bleeding episodes. Which of the following assessments indicates an improvement in the client’s condition?

A nurse is teaching a newly licensed nurse about adverse effects of medications. The nurse should include that which of the following medications can cause constipation?

The smaller the dew point depression, the higher the relative humidity.

A saturated air parcel will cool at a slower rate than an unsaturated air parcel.  The reason this happens is because the latent heat of condensation will slow down the rate at which a rising parcel of air cools.

What type of Eicosanoid is the following compound?  

The following image represents the structure of phosphoinositide, specify the site where Phospholipase C can exhibit its action.:          

Calculate the actual free energy of ATP hydrolysis in a muscle cell given the following conditions: = 3.0 mM = 0.5 mM = 2.0 mM R = 8.315 J/mol·K T = 310 K (37°C) ΔG’° for ATP hydrolysis = -30.5 kJ/mol The equation for calculating the actual free energy (ΔG) is:  

Type 1 diabetes results from damage to the _________ located in the pancreas.  

Calculate BMI and determine BMI classification using the following information and: weight: 250 lbs and height: 5’7″ (1.70 m) (4 points)

Which of the following statements is true about type II diabetes?