A 23 year old medical student presents to the clinic complaining of right wrist pain after falling from his skateboard earlier in the day. He reports that he caught his fall with his outstretched right hand and he is now experiencing pain on a 7/10 scale. On physical examination there is swelling of his right wrist and tenderness over the anatomical snuff box. You order imaging of his wrist due to your concern that he has sustained a fracture of the wrist. Given the physical examination, which bone is most likely fractured

Anurse is reviewing the medical record of a client who is receiving vancomycin daily. the nurse should review which of the following laboratory results prior to administering the next dose? a. blood glucose level b. serum creatinine level c. total iron-binding count d. thyroid-stimulating hormone level

Why do you think people write one way and speak to people a different way?

The nurse in a gynecology clinic is completing preoperative teaching for a patient scheduled for an abdominal hysterectomy next week. the patient states that she is currently taking 325 mg of aspirin daily for chronic joint pain, along with multivitamin. the patient has type 2 diabetes; she closely monitors her blood glucose levels. currently she is taking an oral hypoglycemic agent. the nurse advises her to ask the anesthesiologist whether she should take this medication the morning of surgery. q1. the nurse instructs the patient to stop taking the aspirin. what is the rationale for this action. q2. why is it important to assess the patient of use of herbal products prior to surgery. q3. the patient asks how surgery could affect her blood glucose; how should the nurse respond?