The patient is scheduled to undergo a trabeculectomy for the treatment of refractory glaucoma. The nurse is providing preoperative teaching to the patient. Which statement indicates a need for further teaching?

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Additional Physiological Adaptation Questions

The patient is brought to the emergency department following a gunshot wound to the right chest. The patient is noted to have tracheal deviation to the left side with absent breath sounds on the right. Review of the chest radiograph indicates a large amount of free air in the superior chest as well as fluid in the inferior chest. Which procedure is performed first? 

  • Question Type:   Multiple Choice - Select One
  • Difficulty: 8

The 20-year-old healthy soccer player is brought to the emergency department after collapsing at the end of a summer soccer game. The patient is lethargic and confused about the event. Upon assessment, the nurse notes flushed, dry skin that is warm to the touch. The oral mucosa is dry, as well. Vitals are as follows: temperature 40.7°C, heart rate 122 bpm, respiratory rate 20, and blood pressure 116/64 mm Hg. A rectal thermistor is inserted and aggressive cooling measures are instituted. After 30 minutes in the ice bath, the patient’s rectal temperature is 39.1°C and the ice is partially melted. The nurse notes the rectal thermistor has stopped working; there are no other rectal thermistors in the facility. Which action by the nurse is most appropriate? 

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

The nurse is providing health promotion teaching to the parents of a child recently diagnosed with sickle cell anemia. Which statement does the nurse include in teaching? 

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

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