A Client Is in the Emergency Department with a Suspected

question 9

Multiple Choice

A client is in the emergency department with a suspected kidney stone and is scheduled for an intravenous pyelogram (IVP) . Pre-procedure, which action is most important for the nurse to do? The nurse should

• A) ask the client about iodine allergies.
• B) administer a laxative.
• C) document the history of the client's complaint.
• D) insert a Foley catheter.

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Radical Republicans

Group within the Republican Party in the 1850s and 1860s that advocated strong resistance to the expansion of slavery, opposition to compromise with the South in the secession crisis of 1860–1861, emancipation and arming of black soldiers during the Civil War, and equal civil and political rights for blacks during Reconstruction.

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