The body attempts to maintain a state of reasonably stable balance in the internal environment which maintains physiological processes. What does this statement describe?

The nurse is providing dietary instruction to a patient with chronic hypokalemia. What food would be appropriate to include on a list of high potassium sources?

The patient is admitted with severe fluid volume excess. Which of the following nursing interventions should the nurse institute for this patient?

Which of the following data may be assessed in the 85 year old client diagnosed with sepsis? Select all that apply.

A client with two IV sites has the following orders. Calculate the total fluid intake for the past 8 hours from 0700 to 1500. The patient has the following IV Fluid and medications orders: D5.45NS at 60 ml/hr continuously (even when the IVPB’s are infusing) gentamycin (Garamycin) 80 mg in 100 ml D5W IVPB every 8 hours, scheduled at 0200, 1000, and 1800 Ciprofloxacin (Cipro) 400 mg in 250 ml NS IVPB daily is scheduled at 0900 Cimetidine (Tagamet) 300 mg IVPB in 50 ml NS every 4 hours, scheduled at 0400, 0800, 1200, 1600, 2000, and midnight The patient has the following oral intake: 8 fl oz coffee; 4 fl oz orange juice; 240 ml 2% milk; 150 ml soup; and 3 glasses of water (each glass = 180 ml each) Calculate the total fluid intake for the past 8 hours from 0700 to 1500.

The nurse is caring for a patient who has been taking diuretics on a long-term basis. A fluid volume deficit is suspected. Which assessment finding is likely to be associated with this condition?

The physician orders furosemide (Lasix) 40 mg IVP (IV push) for a patient with fluid volume overload. Which of the following is a possible adverse effect of furosemide?

On admission to the hospital, the patient’s serum sodium is 125 mEq/L. Which of the following statements accurately describes the pathophysiologic effect at the cellular level?

What is the widely used carcinoma classification system that provides a way of describing the size, location, and spread of a tumor?

You are the charge nurse of a medical-surgical unit. Recently, your hospital implemented Bar Code Medication Administration (BCMA) to reduce medical errors and promote safety. You learn that some nurses are overriding the system. Some RNs do not awaken the patients to scan their barcodes before administering an IV push medication and scan the chart label instead. Some RNs have overridden the barcode warning, assuming that it was a technological glitch. Other RNs are charting that medications were given when they have been left at the bedside. Your staff members state that they understand that BCMA reduces errors, but it is more time consuming and there are equipment issues.(10 points) List 3 driving factors which would facilitate this change moving forward and 3 restraining factors which might be hindering the change.(10 points) Describe 3 strategies you could employ now to promote Lewin’s refreezing stage of the new BCMA system.