Answer to Question 1
C
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Patients taking immune suppressant drugs are more susceptible to infection because the patient's normal body defenses will be diminished. As a result, the priority action by the nurse would to protect the patient from exposure to infection through room selection, good hand hygiene, and taking care to avoid exposure to sick staff members. Teaching will need to include avoiding crowded places and people with known infection and those working in soil. Nutritional status is important as are comfort and support measures and other instructions concerning the drug. However, protecting the patient from infection should be the priority action.
Answer to Question 2
B
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The adverse effects associated with these drugs are related to their effects on cardiac output and on smooth muscle. Central nervous system (CNS) effects include dizziness, light-headedness, headache, and fatigue. Gastrointestinal (GI) effects can include nausea and hepatic injury related to direct toxic effects on hepatic cells. Cardiovascular effects include hypotension, bradycardia, peripheral edema, and heart block. Skin effects include flushing and rash. The adverse effects do not, however, include diarrhea, hypertension, tachycardia, or itching.
Taking a Patient’s Axillary Temperature
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The nurse assesses the patient's ability to use the walker correctly
Electroencephalography (EEG). To perform the EEG, electrodes attached to the patient’s head pick up
A histologic slide showing the sponge-like architecture of a patient with Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease.
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