Answer to Question 1
ANS: A
The patient is exhibiting signs of adrenal insufficiency (Addison's disease) given the regular use of corticosteroids. Cortisone, hydrocortisone (Cortef), prednisone, and fludrocortisone (Florinef) are used for the treatment of adrenocorticoid deficiency. Treatment of Addisonian crisis includes administration of hydrocortisone, saline solution, and sugar (dextrose) to correct the insufficiency. The priority intervention is to start an intravenous line so that appropriate treatments may be administered. A urine specimen may be collected but is not the priority intervention. Since the patient is vomiting, administration of antiemetics or analgesia would be given through an intravenous line. The nurse should also assess for changes in the level of consciousness; so administration of analgesia may be contraindicated if any decrease in level of consciousness occurs.
Answer to Question 2
ANS: B
The GCS gives a standardized numeric score of the neurologic patient assessment. An electroencephalogra m is used in diagnosing and localizing the area of seizure origin. This scale is an example of one type of specific tool for nurses to use when assessing a patient following stroke. The Monroe-Kellie doctrine is not an assessment or monitoring strategy; it describes the interrelationship of volume and compliance of the three cranial components, brain tissue, cerebral spinal fluid, and blood.
Testing Visual Fields by Confrontation: The nurse and patient should be approximately at an eye to e
Client on IV patient-controlled analgesia (PCA).
Every medical office should keep emergency supplies in a waterproof container.
Indirect enzyme immunoassay. A patient's antibody reacts with the antigen, which is detected ...
Stretching the muscles of the hip and lower back with diagonal adduction of the bent leg.
Using your fingertips at the edge of the eye orbit, apply L stroke down to chin and back toward the ...