Many terminally ill patients on pain medications require increasingly higher doses to obtain pain relief. This is known as _____.
a. Tolerance
b. Addiction
c. Dependence
d. Habituation
a. Tolerance
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The nurse is interviewing a female client who is being admitted to a psychiatric facility for evaluation. While assessing the client, the nurse evaluates the client's self-concept by identifying: Standard Text: Select all that apply
1. How she views herself. 2. Role expectations. 3. Beliefs and values. 4. Her standards and performance in comparison to those of others and of her ideal self. 5. Her family structure.
The nurse instructs on folate-rich foods to a client planning to become pregnant. Which food selection indicates that teaching was effective?
a. Milk b. Hamburger c. Spinach salad d. Fresh orange juice
The nurse is teaching the caregivers how to handle a 2-year-old's negativism. Which of the following communications to the child by the caregivers would indicate they had understood the nurse's teaching?
a. "Do you want lunch now?" b. "Do you want peanut butter or bologna for lunch?" c. "If you don't stop for lunch now, you will have to go in time-out." d. "If you don't hurry up and eat, we won't have time to go to the store."
The nurse is reviewing the diet history of a client prescribed lisinopril therapy for hypertension. Which part of the client's current dietary intake must be altered while on lisinopril therapy?
1. Use of fish oil supplements 2. Use of calcium supplements 3. Use of potassium supplements 4. Use of multiple vitamins