A patient who is recovering from diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) has bacterial pneumonia with a positive sputum culture. Which organism is most likely responsible for this patient’s DKA?

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The 75-year-old patient presents to the emergency department complaining of a severe headache that is localized behind the right eye. The patient is nauseous and vomits upon standing. While wearing glasses, the visual acuity is 20/25 in the left eye and 20/110 in the right (records show it is normally also 20/25 corrected). Her left pupil is equal, round, and reactive to light and accommodation; it is measured at 3 mm. Her right pupil reacts only minimally to light and measures at 5 mm; it is round. The provider palpates the eye and reports that it is tense. Her heart rate is 102 bpm and blood pressure is 118/84 mmHg. The nurse anticipates providing which intervention first?  

  • Question Type:   Multiple Choice - Select One
  • Difficulty: 10

The nurse is called to assist with a 25-year-old G1P0 female with a viable intrauterine pregnancy at 40-weeks gestational age. Patient is already in the second stage of labor and quickly delivers a vigorous, healthy infant without complications. The neonate is placed skin-to-skin with mom and latches well to breastfeed but becomes acutely cyanotic after two minutes of eating. Once separated from the breast, the baby begins to cry, and the cyanosis resolves. Which of the following interventions by the nurse is most appropriate?

  • Question Type:   Multiple Choice - Select One
  • Difficulty: 6

The patient with shingles presents to the clinic for reassessment following treatment. The nurse asks the patient to perform which action to assess for complications of the condition?

  • Question Type:   Multiple Choice - Select One
  • Difficulty: 9

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