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mydiamond

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on: Jul 22, 2018
A patient who has been in the hospital for several weeks is about to be discharged. The patient is weak from the hospitalization and asks the nurse to explain why this is happening. What is the nurse's best response?
 
  a. Your iron level is low. This is known as anemia.
  b. Your immobility in the hospital is known as deconditioning.
  c. Your poor appetite is known as malnutrition.
  d. Your medications have caused drug induced weakness.

Question 2

In order to provide the best intervention for a patient, the nurse is often responsible for obtaining a sample of exudate for culture. What information will this provide?
 
  a. Whether a patient has an infection.
  b. Where an infection is located.
  c. What cells are being utilized by the body to attack an infection.
  d. What specific type of pathogen is causing an infection.


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krakiolit

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Reply #1 on: Jul 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
When a person is ill and immobile the body becomes weak. This is known as deconditioning. Anemia, malnutrition, and medications may have an adverse effect on the body, but this is not known as deconditioning which is the most likely cause in this patient's situation.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
People can transmit pathogens even if they don't currently feel ill. Some carriers never experience the full symptoms of a pathogen. A CBC will identify that the patient has an infection. Inspection and radiography will help identify where an infection is located. The CBC with differential will identify the white blood cells being used by the body to fight an infection. The culture will grow the microorganisms in the sample for identification of the specific type of pathogen.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 22, 2018
:D TYSM

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