The nurse suggests to the 70-year-old woman who has painful arthritic joints that a beneficial exercise for her because of disability would be:
a. training with hand weights.
b. walking on a treadmill.
c. low-impact aerobics.
d. swimming.
ANS: D
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A client with diabetes mellitus is in the clinic with symptoms of shakiness, confusion, rapid pulse, and hypotension. The nurse acts immediately by:
1. calling 911. 2. giving the client 12 oz of orange juice. 3. starting an IV and giving dextrose 10% rapidly. 4. giving the client three glucose tablets.
Which of the following statements is correct about community health nursing (CHN)?
a. Prevention and community education are the cornerstones of CHN. b. Nursing care is rapidly moving from the home setting to the institutional setting. c. High-tech care such as ventilators and total parenteral nutrition cannot be handled in the home. d. Assessment skills are less important in CHN because patients are not acutely ill.
When terminating with a family, which question or statement by the nurse would be MOST effective?
a. "What will each of you do to maintain the changes you have made?" b. "What will you do if you need help for your family in the future?" c. "How will you keep up the positive changes you have made?" d. "I am sure that your family will continue to progress well."
The client is being prepared for an eye examination. When the nurse takes the health history, the client says that she is sensitive to atropine sulfate. What drug might be used instead for the examination?
a. Diclofenac b. Suprofen c. Cyclopentolate d. Betaxolol HCl