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Each month, Next Stop: Nursing features sample questions from the NCLEX-RN, provided by our partner The College Network.
Question: A staff nurse is observed taking all of the following actions when caring for a patient who has a chest tube in place following a lobectomy. Which one would require intervention by the nurse in charge?
A. Positioning the patient on the operative side.
B. Clamping the chest tube while ambulating the patient.
C. Administering the patient's prescribed narcotic prior to activity.
D. Encouraging the patient to increase fluid intake.
Question: Conducting a colon cancer screening clinic for healthy older adults is an example of:
A. Primary prevention.
B. Secondary prevention.
C. Tertiary prevention.
D. Health promotion.
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Stephanie Thibeault, RN, BSN, answers your most pressing questions about nursing school and beyond.
A reader asks: I have yet to successfully insert an intravenous catheter. Are there any demonstration Web sites you could recommend?
Stephanie answers
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Definition of the Day
Raynaud syndrome
(RAY-noz):
idiopathic paroxysmal bilateral cyanosis of the digits due to arterial and arteriolar contraction; caused by cold or emotion.
Source: Stedmans.com
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Next Stop: Nursing scans the latest medical and nursing journals to provide you with the most up-to-date content available.
When the Patient Is a Googler
There's so much information (as well as misinformation) in medicine-and, yes, a lot of it can be googled-that one major responsibility of an expert is to know what to ignore.
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Premenstrual Syndrome
The American Family Physician reports on randomized controlled trials that found luteal-phase spironolactone improved psychological and physical symptoms of PMS over two to six months compared with placebo.
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