A Nurse Is Collecting Data from a Hospital Patient Who

question 13

Multiple Choice

A nurse is collecting data from a hospital patient who has been admitted with pyelonephritis.He is acutely ill with a high fever, chills, nausea, and vomiting.He also has severe pain in the flank area.What is the primary goal of treatment?

• A) Provide adequate nutrition with a stable body weight.
• B) Provide adequate hydration with pulse and blood pressure within patient norms.
• C) Give pain relief with analgesics and antispasmodics.
• D) Prevent further damage to his kidneys that could lead to renal failure.

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Definitions:

Seeds

Embryonic plants enclosed in a protective outer covering, capable of developing into a new plant under appropriate conditions.

Prothallus

A gametophyte stage, particularly in ferns and lycophytes, that is free-living, photosynthetic, and produces the sexual organs where gametes are formed.

Moss Spore

The reproductive unit of mosses, capable of developing into a new individual without sexual fusion, important for moss propagation.

Microphylls

Small, simple leaves with a single unbranched vein, found in some of the earliest vascular plants.