Michael has impetigo. Since this condition is very contagious,

How should the nurse treat a patient of Italian descent in order to enhance the possibility of adherence to a medical regimen to improve the patient's condition?

A 5-year-old Gabriel is a multiracial male weighing 48 lbs with an allergy to penicillin arrives in the emergency room, no cultural considerations identified. You are handed the following notes on the patient that read: He arrived in ER with his mother after falling out of bed after jerking movement activity as witnessed by his older brother while sleeping. Right-upper extremity appears with deformity. Mother and child speak English. Child has no significant medical history. Mother reports incontinent of urine during episode. Your Assessment Vital Signs: T 102.9, P 135, R 24, BP 118/60, O2 sat 100% RA General Appearance: appears drowsy; face flushed, quiet Neuro: oriented X3 Cardiovascular: unremarkable Respiratory: lungs clear Integumentary: very warm, dry GI/GU: abdomen normal Physician Orders Complete Blood Count (CBC) Complete Metabolic Panel (CMP) Urinalysis with culture and sensitivity (U/A C&S) Blood Cultures x 2 X-rays kidneys, Influenza screening Acetaminophen 15 mg/kg PO…

Hello, I am doing a concept map but before starting, I need to answer some questions, can you please help me with them? Concep: ELIMINATION Case Study  While you are working as a nurse on a GI/GU floor, you receive a call from your affiliate outpatient clinic notifying you of a direct admission, ETA (estimated time of arrival) 60 minutes. She gives you the following information: A.G. is an 87-year-old woman with a 3-day history of intermittent abdominal pain, abdominal bloating, and N/V. A.G. moved from Italy to join her grandson and his family only 2 months ago and she speaks very little English. All information was obtained through her grandson. PMH: colectomy for colon CA 6 years ago, hernia repair 2 years ago. No hx of CAD, DM, or pulmonary disease. She takes only ibuprofen occasionally for mild arthritis. Allergies include sulfa drugs and meperidine. A.G.’s tentative diagnosis is small bowel obstruction (SBO). A.G. is being admitted to your floor for diagnostic work-up. Her VS are…

Steps leading to the correct answer would be helpful, please. Question: Scenario: Your buddy Ezra is a space explorer who has landed on an unexplored planet, where his job is to catalogue the organisms that live there. On the first day, he is bitten by some kind of cat-like creature with bird legs, and he starts to feel like he can no longer pinpoint exactly where pain is coming from on his body. You, a hotshot physiologist with incredible measurement tools, do a fullbody scan of Ezra's neurons and you find that the cat-like creature's bite has caused the breakdown of his "collaterals". Ezra is a bit of a physiology novice and asks you explain what the breakdown of collaterals would cause him to no longer be able to pinpoint the source of pain on his body.

You may have more than one correct answer. Administration of intravenous fluids at the commonly prescribed rate of 5 to 10 ml/kg/h during an anesthetic procedure may cause overhydration in: Pediatric patient. Brachycephalic patient. Patient with heart disease. Obese patient.

Choose the nutritional treatment or diet plan the nurse would implement for a patient with sepsis

Sam is a CMA (AAMA) certified medical assistant working at a family medicine practice. He is working in the clinical area and receives an order form the doctor. The medication order reads: dexamethasone 6 mg IM qid to administer to a 25-year-old female. That same day, the pharmacy supplies Decadron ampules of 4 mg per mL. Questions 1-2 Can Sam administer Decadron even though the order reads dexamethasone? Why or why not? What site of administration would you pick for this patient?

Mrs. Jones is a 43 yr old mother of three children, ages 8, 10, and 13. She has been married for 16 years, is employed at a salesclerk at a local department store, and is active at her local church. The family members are Jehovah witnesses.  Mrs. Jones health have been deteriorating over the past few months, and she has now been admitted for surgery for her aortic value insufficiency. She and her husband discuss the upcoming surgery with the surgeon; both she and her husband relate to the surgeon that she will not accept blood or blood byproducts from other individuals. They are fully receptive to the use of cell-saver and auto-transfussion of her own blood, but will not sign the form for other blood transfusion. The informed consent is signed, noting that non-acceptance of any blood products other than the patient's own blood.  Following the surgery, Mrs. Jones hematocrit and hemoglobin values continue to decline, and it becomes apparent that she will not survive without additional…

First part of the scenario Carol Brady is 65-year-old female who has been admitted to your ward overnight, following a fall from a ladder while she was cleaning windows at home yesterday. She has a fracture to her left tibia and a laceration above her left eyebrow, which received four sutures in ED. Her husband witnessed the fall and reports there was brief LOC. Phx: GORD, HT, Migraines.   You receive the following information during handover: Carol slept well intermittently overnight, waking with complaints of a headache and pain at # site. Analgesia was given by RN at 0400hrs. Dressing insitu above left brow and POP insitu left leg. We have not been able to assess her mobility as she has been sleeping most of the night and didn't want to disturb her.   Q1. Describe the nursing assessments you would perform on Carol       The second part of the scenario During your nursing assessment you find the following: That Carol has complaints of a headache and 8/10 pain at # site. On…