NursingNursing PracticeConcepts for Nursing PracticePractice Set 8Inflammation
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A nurse is instructing her patient with ulcerative colitis regarding the need to avoid enteric coated medications. The nurse knows that the patient understands the reason for this teaching when he states which of the following?
"The coating on these medications is irritating to my intestines."
"I need a more immediate response from my medications than can be obtained from enteric coated medications."
"Enteric coated medications are absorbed lower in the digestive tract and can be irritating to my intestines or inadequately absorbed by my inflamed tissue."
"I don't need to use these medications because they cause diarrhea, and I have had enough trouble with diarrhea and rectal bleeding over the past weeks."
A patient is diagnosed with a sprain to her right ankle after a fall. The patient asks the nurse about using ice on her injured ankle. What is the nurse's best response?
"Use ice only when the ankle hurts."
"Ice should be applied for 15 to 20 minutes every 2 to 3 hours over the next 1 to 2 days."
"Wrap an ice pack around the injured ankle for the next 24 to 48 hours."
"Ice is not recommended for use on the sprain because it would inhibit the inflammatory response."
A patient is being treated with an antibiotic for an infected orthopedic injury. What explanation should the nurse give to the patient about this medication?
"Antibiotics will decrease the pain at the site."
"An antibiotic helps to kill the infection causing the inflammation."
"An antibiotic inhibits cyclooxygenase, an enzyme in the body."
"Antibiotics will reduce the patient's fever."
On admission to the clinic, the nurse notes a moderate amount of serous exudate leaking from the patient's wound. The nurse realizes what information about this fluid?
Contains the materials used by the body in the initial inflammatory response.
Indicates that the patient has an infection at the site of the wound.
Is destroying healthy tissue.
Results from ineffective cleansing of the wound area.
The nurse reviews the patient's complete blood count (CBC) results and notes that the neutrophil levels are elevated, but monocytes are still within normal limits. This indicates what type of inflammatory response?
Chronic
Resolved
Early stage acute
Late stage acute