According to the National Standards of Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services, an interpreter for health care:
1. May be a bilingual family member
2. May be a bilingual nurse or other health-care provider
3. Must be a professionally trained medical interpreter
4. Must be an employee of the organization
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Which of the following is one of the elements used in the acronym SBARR?
a. Scenario c. Awareness b. Background d. Resolution
Through experience, a nurse has found that the judicious application of affective touch can benefit clients in certain circumstances
A) An elderly client who has just learned that her husband has been diagnosed with Alzheimer disease B) A man whose fractured tibia is being set by the cast team at the bedside C) A woman who is being extubated in the postanesthetic recovery unit after surgery D) A client in his early twenties who has a history of schizophrenia and who is experiencing delusions
The nurse explains to a client that the condition of a sperm or egg having an irregular number of chromosomes is called
a. aneuploidy. b. genotype. c. phenotype. d. polypeptide.
An elderly client was given a nursing diagnosis of risk for injury related to disorientation. Which statement would the nurse use as appropriate for an expected outcome? The client:
1. Maintains continence on four out of five voidings. 2. Does not become lost or sustain injury during wanderings. 3. Sleeps through the night and stays awake most of the day. 4. Receives appropriate care consistent with his or her specific values and expected outcomes.