When the home care nurse visits a 78-year-old female patient who is recently widowed and finds that the home is cluttered with trash and the patient appears sad and disheveled,
the nurse should assess the patient for symptoms of
A) Fatigue
B) Presbyopia
C) Drug overdose
D) Depression
Ans: D
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Living Wills and Durable Power of Attorney are:
a. examples of advance directives. b. best not spoken of in front of patients, for fear of upsetting or offending them. c. legal documents initiated by next-of-kin after the death of a loved one. d. usually shared by most patients with their health-care providers.
A clinic patient was started on leflunomide. The nurse expects this medication will do which of the following:
1. Decrease joint movement at first 2. Cause the patient to feel flushed 3. Reduce symptoms and slow joint damage 4. Increase fluid in the joints
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a. Increase the room lighting when reading or doing close work. b. Stop using the drug and notify your prescriber if crusts form on the eye lid. c. Do not take this drug beyond the period your doctor prescribed even if some drug remains in the bottle. d. Avoid wearing prescription reading glasses or sun glasses while you are taking this drug.