A 40-year-old man complains of a sharp general weakness, pain in muscles and joints, fever up to 38.6? C. Painful subcutaneous nodules up to 1 cm in size are palpated on the inner surface of the forearm . In the blood: moderate anemia, elevated ESR, leukocytosis, moderate proteinuria in the urine, microhematuria. To confirm the diagnosis, the patient was prescribed a proteinogram of serum proteins. What method can be used to separate proteins?

Mr rogers is 2 days postoperative of a thoracotomy of removal of a malignant mass in his left chest. his pain is being managed via epidural catheter with morphine. as the nurse assumes care of mr rogers, he is alert and fully oriented and states that his current pain is 2 on a 1 -to-10 scale. his vital signs are 37.8-92-12, 138/82. what are benefits of epidural versus systemic administration of opioids? the nurse monitors mr roger’s respiratory status and vital signs every 2 hours. what is the rationale for this frequent assessments? the nurse monitors mr rogers for what other complications of epidural anelgesis?

You are assigned to care for david ramsey, a 22-year old male patient with back injury secondary to being thrown from a motorcycle. did nt damage the spinal, but the computed tomography revealed a compression fracture at l-2. david complains of severe back pain with numbness and tingling in the lower extremities. what assessments are indicated based on this nursing diagnosis? list other major nursing diagnoses based on david’s clinical presentation?

Which of the following is the correct definition for veins?