Question 1
A patient with acute kidney injury is prescribed intermittent hemodialysis three times a week for 4 hours each session. The nurse should plan interventions to address what problem that can occur between sessions? Select all that apply.
Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.◦ Fluid overload
◦ Electrolyte imbalances
◦ Infection
◦ Hypotension
◦ Waste accumulation
Question 2
The nurse cares for a patient during continuous renal replacement therapy. What intervention should the nurse perform at this time? Select all that apply.
Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.◦ Warm the dialysate to body temperature.
◦ Administer replacement fluid as determined by the hourly fluid balance goal.
◦ Inspect the dialysate return.
◦ Assess partial thromboplastin time every 1 to 2 hours.
◦ Monitor vital signs every half hour.
The nurse applies a pulse oximeter sensor on the client’s finger.
Patient health history form.
Chest X-ray of a patient with emphysema.
Antisense RNA and RNA interference (RNAi) approaches to silence genes for gene therapy