A nursing student caring for a client with Pick's disease realizes that the family should be provided an opportunity to discuss the disease with other families because:
A) It is standard protocol.
B) The client is incapable of discussing the disease.
C) Peer support groups decrease caregiver social isolation.
D) It takes some of the stress off the health care team.
C
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a. provide a video for the patient to watch at home. b. provide a pamphlet on the new medication. c. monitor the patient for an adverse drug response prior to discharge. d. ask the patient to restate the instructions and verify understanding.
Which classification of drugs is used to relieve an acute asthma episode?
a. Short-acting beta2-adrenergic agonist b. Inhaled corticosteroids c. Leukotriene blockers d. Long-acting bronchodilators
A 70-year-old woman complains, "I weigh exactly the same as I did when I wore a size 10 and now I can barely squeeze into a size 16." Which statement by the nurse would most correctly explain the size change to the woman?
a. "Metabolism in the older adult creates increased adipose tissue." b. "Postmenopausal women gain adipose tissue related to loss of calcium." c. "Decrease in muscle mass is replaced with adipose tissue." d. "Kyphosis causes a redistribution of weight."
The client receives oral nystatin (Mycostatin) suspension for an oral candidiasis infection. She tells the nurse she cannot continue to "swish and swallow" because her nausea is too great. What is the best response by the nurse?
1. "I will ask your doctor if a pill form can be substituted." 2. "Try drinking a 7-Up after you swallow the medication." 3. "It is all right to swish the medication and then spit it out." 4. "You can take a phenergan suppository before the nystatin (Mycostatin)."