A 5-foot-5-inch-tall, 15-year-old girl who weighs 88 pounds is admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of anorexia nervosa. After the second day in the hospital, she gains 1 pounds
Select the nurse's response to the weight gain that most enhances the girl's recovery.
a. "Now that little amount of weight didn't kill you!"
b. "If you follow your diet plan and the goals we established, you will be back to normal in no time."
c. "It must be scary for you to think that you gained that much weight."
d. "Your family and I are very happy and pleased about your weight gain."
C
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Which of the following situations is incompatible with the legal requirements for a DNR order? A) A client who is mentally competent has declared his wish to have a DNR order despite the availability of treatment options for his condition. B) A client has expressed her desire to have a DNR order but her daughter is adamantly opposed to it. C) A client clearly told the nurse her desire to have a DNR order, which the nurse documented and noted at the bedside. D) A client has been in a coma and the family has decided to put in place a DNR order.
The nursing faculty is revising their program's curriculum and plan to use a specific theory as a basis of their work. What is a theory?
1. A document that relates concepts by defining their significance to one another. 2. An overall view or orientation to focus thoughts. 3. A graphic illustration of a conceptual framework. 4. A specific outline of the curriculum's topics and contents.
Which instruction should the nurse give to a patient with pediculosis pubis?
A) "Use an over-the-counter lotion with permethrin." B) "Apply a second treatment of permethrin 7 days after the first treatment." C) "Wash all linens and towels in cold water." D) "Place items that cannot be washed in a garbage bag for one week."
A nurse explains to a patient with hypertension that diastolic pressure is a measurement of
1. The amount of force blood places on the arterial walls while the ventricles relax. 2. The amount of force blood places on the arterial walls while the ventricles contract. 3. The amount of force blood places on the arterial walls while both the atria and the ventricles relax. 4. The amount of force blood places on the arterial walls while both the atria and the ventricles contract.