Question: Both Krishna’s advice to Arjuna that he should do his duty and fight the battle he is confronted with and Kant’s ethics constructed around a notion of duty are examples of which type of ethical thought?
Answer Choices:
Egoism
Virtue Ethics
Deontology
Consequentialism
Answer: Deontology
Question: A 20-year-old client is admitted to the emergency department presenting with acute confusion, decreased consciousness with deep, rapid breathing, and a history of type 1 diabetes mellitus. The initial blood glucose level is 480mg/dL. Complete the diagram by selecting from the choices the one potential complication the client was most likely experiencing, two assessment findings that best support the condition, and based on the 1330 Nurses’ Notes and Lab Values, select the next two priority interventions to treat the condition.
Answer Choices:
Assessment Findings: Serum potassium 6.2 mEq/dL, Serum sodium 147 mEq/dL, Kussmaul’s respiration, Fever; Potential Condition: Metabolic alkalosis, Hyperosmolar hyperglycemic syndrome, Diabetes insipidus, Diabetic ketoacidosis; Priority Interventions: Obtain lipid panel, Administer 10 units of insulin regular intravenous push, Intravenous fluid with 5% dextrose in 0.9% sodium chloride (D5NS), Administer premixed potassium via piggyback intravenously.
Answer: Potential Condition: Diabetic ketoacidosis; Assessment Findings: Kussmaul’s respiration, Serum potassium 6.2 mEq/dL; Priority Interventions: Intravenous fluid with 5% dextrose in 0.9% sodium chloride (D5NS), Administer premixed potassium via piggyback intravenously.
Question: The nurse is caring for a 55-year-old female client being screened for type 2 DM. Recognizing cues, drag and drop the client’s risk factors associated with syndrome X.
Answer Choices:
hypertension, elevated triglycerides, fasting blood glucose > 126, late onset of menopause, recent viral infection, abdominal obesity (circumference >35 inches).
Answer: hypertension, elevated triglycerides, fasting blood glucose > 126, abdominal obesity (circumference >35 inches).
Question: The white polymer with variable reaction times was synthesized by a reaction between _____ and _____.
Answer Choices:
a. polyvinyl acetate; sodium tetraborate b. None of the above c. styrene; vinyl chloride d. starch; glycerol
Answer: a. polyvinyl acetate; sodium tetraborate
Question: Polystyrene is a _____ made from styrene in a(n) _____ polymerization reaction.
Answer Choices:
a. copolymer; condensation b. copolymer; addition c. None of the above d. homopolymer; addition
Answer: d. homopolymer; addition
Question: Assumed care of 24-year-old client with history of Type 1 DM and recent motor vehicle collision resulting in complicated fracture of the tibia and fibula. Recognizing and analyzing cues, the nurse understands that the client is most likely experiencing which priority problem?
Answer Choices:
A) Respiratory acidosis, B) Respiratory alkalosis, C) Metabolic alkalosis, D) Metabolic acidosis.
Answer: D) Metabolic acidosis
Question: According to Kant, what makes a good will good is not the outcomes that result from its choices, but only the choices themselves.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: In trying to elucidate “the concept of a will estimable in itself and good without any further end,” Kant turns to what idea that is commonly found in “the natural sound understanding”?
Answer Choices:
Duty
Love
Virtue
Happiness
Answer: Duty
Question: The nurse is caring for a 67-year-old client who presented to the ED with complaints of feeling “sluggish and out of it” for 2 days. The client’s family members report a history of hypertension and Type 2 DM, non-insulin dependent. Assessment findings reveal that the client is oriented to person and place only, capillary blood glucose obtained in triage with a reading of 850 mg/dL. The client is diagnosed with hyperglycemic-hyperosmolar state. Which priority problem would be correct for the nurse to anticipate in order to plan the client’s care?
Answer Choices:
A) overproduction of glucagon, B) fluid volume deficit, C) metabolic acidosis, D) fluid volume excess.
Answer: B) fluid volume deficit
Question: A client was admitted with acute pancreatitis. On assessment, the nurse inspects the abdomen and observes blue/purple discoloration of the abdomen near the umbilicus. Recognizing cues, the nurse documents which finding?
Answer Choices:
A) Cullen’s sign, B) Turner’s sign, C) Trousseau’s sign, D) Chvostek’s sign.
Answer: A) Cullen’s sign
Question: The nurse is providing discharge teaching to a client newly prescribed insulin injection. Which statement made by the client best describes understanding?
Answer Choices:
A) “I take insulin before meals to try to act like my pancreas”, B) “My insulin will absorb faster in my arm than stomach”, C) “Using the same place to inject will increase absorption”, D) “My Lantus (glargine) insulin peaks in 4-6 hours”.
Answer: A) “I take insulin before meals to try to act like my pancreas”
Question: According to Krishna in the Bhagavad-Gita, the best state for a person is to be detached and unmotivated by the fruits of action.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: During history taking of a client with diabetes mellitus, the client reports “It seems I am constantly snacking.” Which term would be correct for the nurse to document in the client’s chart?
Answer Choices:
A) polyuria, B) polyphagia, C) polydipsia, D) polynesia.
Answer: B) polyphagia
Question: In the Bhagavad-Gita, Arjuna is dejected and reluctant to fight because he is afraid of what?
Answer Choices:
betraying the king
killing his own relatives
losing the impending battle
disappointing the gods
Answer: killing his own relatives
Question: According to Kant, the only thing that can be called good without qualification is what?
Answer Choices:
A good will
Happiness
Peace
Love
Answer: A good will
Question: The nurse provides care for a client who was admitted with acute pancreatitis and vomiting pink, tinged stomach contents. Which two interventions would the nurse include in the client’s plan of care based on the current data?
Answer Choices:
A) administer oral pain medications for reports of pain with small sips of water, B) monitor hemodynamics and obtain vital signs every shift, C) provide oral hygiene and offer sips of fluid, including water and clear juice, D) maintain hydration and start 0.9% sodium chloride at the prescribed rate, E) strict nothing by mouth (NPO) and insert nasogastric tube as prescribed.
Answer: D) maintain hydration and start 0.9% sodium chloride at the prescribed rate, E) strict nothing by mouth (NPO) and insert nasogastric tube as prescribed.
Question: In the Bhagavad-Gita, Krishna agrees with Arjuna that in deciding whether or not to fight the battle, one should consider the possible outcomes of doing so.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: False
Question: Plasticizers are chemical additives that change the _____ properties of a polymer and make them more ______.
Answer Choices:
a. molecular; rigid b. chemical; elastic c. physical; flexible d. None of the above
Answer: c. physical; flexible
Question: The nurse just administered detemir to a client with diabetes mellitus type 1. In which time frame would the nurse evaluate the client’s condition?
Answer Choices:
A) It does not matter since detemir has no true peak or trough, B) within 30 minutes of administering detemir, C) in 1 hour after administering detemir, D) approximately 3 hours after administering detemir.
Answer: A) It does not matter since detemir has no true peak or trough
Question: A polymer _____.
Answer Choices:
a. is a macromolecule b. has repeating subunits c. All of the above d. is made of monomers
Answer: c. All of the above