Which of the following techniques may be used to enhance coping?
a. Encouraging the patient to let the staff have total control of the patient's care
b. Encouraging denial of the illness
c. Letting the patient know everything will be all right
d. Fostering trust in the health care team
D
Trust manifests itself in critical care patients' belief that the people they depend on will get them through the illness and will be able to manage any untoward event that might occur. A patient needs to trust the nurse's competence in the physical and technical aspects of care and rely on what the nurse says.
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Which statement would the nurse utilize to define HEALTH?
A. The balance of a person within the outside world B. A continuous struggle between balance and imbalance C. Recovering from an illness D. Physical wholeness for activity
After leaving the PCP, the client told the nurse that eating in moderation was recommended. He then asked the nurse what it means to eat in moderation. Her best reply would be:
1. "Eating in moderation means to many different foods.". 2. "Eating in moderation means that you don't include extra portions at meal time.". 3. "Eating in moderation means eating foods low in fat, cholesterol, and sugar, and only occasionally eating large amounts of these foods.". 4. "Eating in moderation means primarily eating large portions of fruits and vegetables.".
Ordinal measurement has equivalent distances between the ranking of objects on an attribute
A) True B) False
A hospitalized patient, injured in a fall while intoxicated, believes spiders are spinning entrapping webs in the room. The patient is anxious, agitated, and diaphoretic. Which nursing intervention has priority?
a. Check the patient every 15 minutes. b. Rigorously encourage fluid intake. c. Provide one-on-one supervision. d. Keep the room dimly lit.