A NANDA-accepted nursing diagnosis that could be written for a patient with an abdominoperineal resection and a permanent colostomy would include
a. Disturbed body image.
b. Ineffective thermoregulation.
c. Ineffective protection.
d. Autonomic dysreflexia.
A
Nursing diagnoses for the patient with cancer of the colon include, but are not limited to, Disturbed body image.
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a. decreases the risk of lethal dysrhythmias. b. usually occurs when heart rate increases. c. increases the risk of lethal dysrhythmias. d. can only be measured with irregular rhythms.
A patient who is taking delavirdine (Rescriptor) as part of combination therapy for human im-munodeficiency virus (HIV) complains of rash, fever, and headache. Which of the following in-terpretations is accurate regarding this patient's symptoms?
a. This patient's symptoms are most compatible with a frequent adverse drug effect. b. This patient's symptoms are most compatible with lack of adherence to dosing schedule. c. This patient's symptoms are most compatible with a hypersensitivity reaction to the drug. d. This patient's symptoms are most compatible with worsening of the HIV infec-tion.
While providing care to an unconscious client, which of the following should the nurse do?
a. Whisper to avoid disturbing the client. b. Speak to the client in a normal voice. c. Maintain a steady stream of conversation with others in the room. d. Use written communication with others in the room.
When doing a literature review, the type of information in which a researcher undertaking a new study is least interested is:
A) How the variables of interest have been operationally defined in prior studies B) Descriptions of an expert's opinions about the phenomenon C) Research findings D) What research approaches have been used to study similar problems