The patient is scheduled to have surgery to manage glaucoma. The patient correctly explains that the procedure will:
a. increase outflow of aqueous humor.
b. reduce amount of vitreous humor.
c. widen pupils.
d. reduce pain.
A
Glaucoma is a condition that causes increased ocular pressure. Surgical management for the condition seeks to provide an increased outflow of aqueous humor.
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A cancer client considers traveling to Mexico to begin coffee enema therapy and asks the nurse for advice. Which is the best response by the nurse?
A) "There are many unproven treatments for cancer. Let's discuss this with your doctor." B) "That would be an expensive trip. Can you afford it?" C) "Maybe your doctor can order the coffee enemas to be given here." D) "Sounds like a good option. How can I help you make the arrangements?"
A client informs the nurse that he frequently experiences stress incontinence. The nurse plans the following interventions:
A) Have a bedside commode readily available to the client. B) Provide client with absorbent pads or panty liners. C) Toilet client every 2 hours. D) Catheterize client every shift for residual urine.
The nurse notes a blood pressure of 160/90 mm Hg in a patient taking a thiazide diuretic. The patient reports taking an herbal medication that a friend recommended. Which herbal product is likely, given this patient's blood pressure?
a. Ginkgo b. Hawthorne c. Licorice d. St. John's wort
In deciding how to apply evidence to practice, _____________ is a concern for nurses because individual patients may not have the same characteristics as the study subjects
a. reliability b. generalizability c. validity d. duplicity