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- M. J. is a 76-year-old woman who lives on the side of a very steep mountain. The home health nurse has visited her once a week for the last year. She has running water, electricity, and a coal stove with back-up oil heat for very cold winter nights. She uses the telephone for communication. She has diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hypothyroidism, and is in atrial fibrillation. She has never been in the hospital before. Her current medications include metformin (250 mg twice a day), losartan (50 mg/day), levothyroxine sodium (Synthroid) (50 mcg/day), digoxin (0.125 mg/day), furosemide (Lasix) (10 mg/day), aspirin (81 mg/day), simvastatin (20 mg/day), and warfarin (Coumadin) (4 mg/day, with 6 mg on Sundays). Allergies are to penicillin (hives) and to metoprolol (hypotension and dizziness). M. J. stopped smoking 5 years ago, but until then she smoked one-half pack a day. Last laboratory test results (1 week ago) were: hemoglobin A1C (Hgb A1C) 8.3, international normalized ratio (INR) 1.7,…M.H. is an 80-year-old Caucasian female who is married and lives with her spouse. She presents to your office today with her spouse, feeling “coocoo, I just don’t feel right.” Currently she is taking rosuvastatin prescribed by her cardiologist for hyperlipidemia and a daily 325 mg aspirin. She drinks 3–6 hard liquor drinks a day, 3–4 times a week in the evening, and has a 65-year smoking habit, currently smoking two packs per day (ppd). She has no known allergies. Past surgical history includes hysterectomy for a benign fibroid. Family history of breast cancer in three sisters, Type 2 diabetes and CVA in one sister, cancer of unknown origin in one brother. All siblings and parents are deceased. Her husband reports that she is hard of hearing. He feels that it is due to cerumen build-up in her ears. She refuses to have the buildup removed. Her husband is also worried about her memory—states that she “just does not remember things like she used to. She keeps asking me the same questions…A 68-year-old man has been taking the nitrate isosorbide dinitrate (Isordil) for 2 years for angina. He recently has been experiencing erectile dysfunction and wants a prescription for sildenafil (Viagra). Which response would the nurse most likely hear from the prescriber?a) “He will have to be switched to isosorbide mononitrate if he wants to take sildenafil.”b) “Taking sildenafil with the nitrate may result in severe hypotension, so a contraindication exists.”c) “I’ll write a prescription, but if huses it, he needsto stop taking the isosorbide for one dose.”d) “These drugs are compatible with each other, and so I’ll write a prescription.”
- Mr. Henry is a 50-year-old male who presents to the office for headaches. he has a known history of sinus infections when the seasons change, high blood pressure and depression. his medications include Lopressor 50mg, daily and Claritin 10mg daily. he has a family history significant for aneurysms and depression. His vitals are BP 196/86 right arm seated, HR 87 regular, RR 13, Temp 98 oral. What is a NANDA approved diagnosis you could give her?A 76-year-old patient states, “I have been experiencing com-plications of diabetes.” The nurse needs to direct the patient to gain more information. What is the most appropriate com-ment or question to elicit additional information? a. “Do you take two injections of insulin to decrease thecomplications?” b. “Most physicians recommend diet and exercise to regulateblood sugar.”c. “Most complications of diabetes are related to neuropathy.”d. “What specific complications have you experienced?”1) The nurse receives an order to administer enteral tube feedings to a client with dysphagia. The order states:Administer 1500 mLs of enteral feeding over 18 hours via infusion pump.What will the mLs per hour be? Round to the nearest whole number. 2) A nurse is caring for a client with a diabetic ulcer which is has a bacterial infection. Identify the lab values the nurse will review to monitor for infection
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