The nurse is admitting a client to the acute care facility. A therapeutic communication technique that is useful for eliciting an expanded response is:
1. Sitting quietly
2. Open-ended questions
3. Closed ended questions
4. Presenting reality
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Rationale: Silence is an effective technique when the client is struggling with emotions; this technique will not elicit specific information.
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The patient has an intracranial pressure monitor. After the patient returns from a computed tomography (CT) scan of the head, the nurse notices that the patient's intracranial pressure is significantly lower than before the scan
What nursing action is most likely to identify a cause of this change? A) Take vital signs. B) Flush monitor tubing toward patient. C) Relevel the transducer. D) Drain cerebrospinal fluid.
The clinic nurse is providing community education to a parent group. The topic is over-the-counter medications containing aspirin or aspirin compounds. Which products does the nurse advise the parents to avoid? (Select all that apply.)
A. Kaopectate (bismuth subsalicylate) B. Lamictal (limotragine) C. Pedia-profen (ibuprofen) D. Pepto-Bismol (bismuth subsalicylate) E. Ventolin (albuterol)
_______________ _________and personal characteristics determine health behavior in individuals and families. More than half of all health problems are the result of behavior and lifestyle
ANS:
Marissa, a 42-year-old female, has been experiencing chronic back pain. She sees her health-care provider, who tells her that she needs to have expensive diagnostic tests done to determine the cause
Because Marissa has no health insurance and does not qualify for Medicaid, her health-care provider gives her a prescription for pain control and sends her home. Which of the following roles should the nurse assume in Marissa's case to assure the best outcome for her? a. Advocate b. Coordinator of care c. Emotional support coach d. Professional consultant