45 Best Patient Questions and Answers (Q&A) - ProProfs Discuss

Your patient is 2 hours postoperative with a Foley catheter in situ. The last hourly urine output you recorded for this patient was 10 mL. The tubing of the Foley is patent. What should you do?

John Smith
Answered: Jan 20, 2025

B) Notify the physician, and continue to closely monitor the hourly urine output

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Does a patient have rights to access their health information?

W. Ira
Answered: Nov 19, 2019

Yes, a patient has the full right to access his or her health information as given under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996. The HIPAA privacy rule provides...Read More

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Which of the following condition of patient? If 44 year old woman brought to emergency because of a sudden and severe headache. Blood pressure is 160/90 mm Hg and pulse is 90/min. Pupils are...

K. Shadrach
Answered: Nov 14, 2019

The condition that the person has is probably hypertension. Most people do not usually feel a headache unless their blood pressure goes beyond 180. It is important that the person will be brought...Read More

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Why can't I drive behind an ambulance in traffic?

Brendan , Analyst
Answered: Dec 16, 2020

You canâ€™t drive behind an ambulance in traffic because it is illegal to do so. The reason is that there are traffic laws about how ambulances should move in traffic that does not apply to...Read More

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What is difference between patient and patience?

John Smith
Answered: Jan 20, 2025

â€œphantom limb pain is not explained or predicted by any one theory.â€ -there are three theories being researched with regard to plp. the peripheral nervous system theory implies that...Read More

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What are withdrawal symptoms?

G.Kenneth
Answered: Jan 24, 2018

When someone has an addition to alcohol or drugs, the addiction makes the user want more and more of the alcohol and drugs. Therefore, that is how the addicts stay addicted and sometimes want...Read More

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What should I do with the patient who underwent hip surgery with moderate dementia? Should i teach the patient how to use a reacher or constantly give the patient verbal cueings?

W. Ira
Answered: Nov 19, 2019

In most cases, addressing this situation will most like not to work with just mere verbal cueing on the short run, but on the long run, it could, due to the fact that damages that have occurred...Read More

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What is the difference between fibromyalgia and myofascial pain syndrome?

O. Bickis, Corporate employee
Answered: Jun 18, 2019

Fibromyalgia and myofascial pain syndrome are different in some ways. However, both bring about discomfort in the body. Fibromyalgia pain syndrome, as the name suggests, is characterized by pains...Read More

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What would be most affected? If a patient is on an aspirin regime.

I.Isabella
Answered: Feb 11, 2020

Blood vessels If a patient is on the continuous regime of aspirin, the blood vessels are most affected. Long use of aspirin can cause a blood vessel to “BURST”. Remember that aspirins...Read More

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What causes dyspnea?

John Smith
Answered: Jan 20, 2025

Pneumonia-pneumonia: this is an acute infection of the lung parenchyma which presents with cough, fever chills pleuritic chest pains and sputum production. it can be categorized as community...Read More

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How do you take care of spinal cord injury (SPI) patients?

H. Martin, Content Writer
Answered: Jun 28, 2018

People who suffered back injuries might have damaged their spinal cord. They need extra care and need to be more extra careful in doing their daily activities. Medical assistants or nurses must...Read More

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What is stimuli in biology?

Wyatt Williams
Answered: Jan 20, 2025

P300

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What should a person do if he or she is confirmed a skin infection?

John Smith
Answered: Jan 20, 2025

Start by administering a broad spectrum antibiotic and start to stream line to a more specific antibiotic based on lab result -this question is not very specific and required a logical approach....Read More

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Which medication should the nurse prepare to administer?

J. Alfie, Content Writer
Answered: Dec 22, 2020

In situations like this, the right medication that should be administered is Naloxone. This medication is used majorly to treat emergency cases of an opioid overdose. The patient in this question...Read More

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What is TNAA?

Kjensen
Answered: Jan 20, 2025

Third Next Available Appointment

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