Entries by Daphne Hanson

Healthcare disparities

Healthcare disparities exist across the board; in every city and every state, there are groups of individuals who are more likely to suffer from one or another form of detriment to their health. In my local area, that being Dallas – Fort Worth, I was able to track what I might be more likely to […]

Liver biopsy

The client returns to his room after a liver biopsy. The nurse positions the client on his right side and assesses for bleeding. What is a PRIORITY nursing assessment? Determine adequacy of urinary output. Check pretest prothrombin time and partial thromboplastin time values. Observe for frank bleeding.  

Benign prostatic hypertrophy

A client is admitted because of benign prostatic hypertrophy and is scheduled to have a transurethral prostate resection. What assessment data would indicate to the nurse that a complication is developing? The client has difficulty emptying his bladder. The client states he feels like he cannot empty his bladder. The client complains of frequency and […]

Public mental health services

You work in psychiatry practice, and many of your patients with health insurance prefer to pay cash to protect their privacy. If a patient does submit a mental health claim, in what circumstances might that information be disclosed to a third party without the patient’s authorization? How might this practice of paying “off the grid” […]

Chronic renal failure

Arterial blood gasses are prescribed for a client with chronic renal failure who has hypotension, cold and clammy skin, and dysrhythmias. The nurse should notify the HCP to report that the client is experiencing which imbalance? (Refer to values in the exhibit) Respiratory acidosis Respiratory alkalosis (There were also 2 other answers but I wasn’t […]

Producing celery and herbs

Scenario: Mr. Jack Charles owns and manages a Market Garden mainly producing celery and herbs. He and his son “Thomas” share this business together. Thomas has a wife and three young children aged 2, 4, and 6. Mr. Jack Charles is a 78-year-old type 2 diabetic. He was first diagnosed in 1999 with hypertension then […]