A client engages in frequent temper tantrums that usually result in her parents giving in to her demands. The client's parents decide to try their nurse practitioner's suggestion of time out. What teaching should the nurse practitioner provide?
A) Punish your daughter by using social isolation.
B) Extinguish negatively reinforced consequences.
C) Add positive reinforcement for behaviors.
D) Temporarily remove your daughter from a potentially reinforcing environment.
D
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An older female adult with osteoarthritis is seen by the nurse with a low-grade fever, and she tells the nurse that her pain is changing: it is worse at night and in her shoulder mus-cles
Which of the following does the nurse do to prevent complications of the patient's condition? a. Assess her joints for swelling and redness. b. Obtain blood specimens for blood cultures. c. Direct her to report temporal or scalp pain. d. Tell her to apply moist heat for 20 minutes.
The client is feeling very anxious and has requested that a p.r.n. antianxiety medication be ordered. The nurse informs the client that the medication can be administered only every 4 hours and was given 3 hours ago
The nurse promises to give the client the medication as soon as it is due, but the nurse goes to lunch 1 hour later without giving the client the medication. Which ethical principle did the nurse violate? a. Fidelity b. Veracity c. Confidentiality d. Justice
Which of the following statements accurately describe the legal responsibility of the nurse making a diagnosis for a patient?
A) The nurse may make a diagnosis, but the physician is responsible for making sure it is appropriate for the patient. B) The nurse practitioner is responsible for making all nursing diagnoses and determining if they are appropriate for the patient. C) The nurse must decide if he or she is qualified to make a nursing diagnosis and will accept responsibility for treating it. D) The healthcare facility directs the nursing diagnosis in order to receive payment for services performed.
To combat the constantly increasing cost of care and the large number of uninsured, what have several states recently legislated?
A. Assuring demonstrated clinical efficacy B. Requiring insurance plans to offer comprehensive and uniform benefits C. Mandating universal health coverage D. Requiring that clients have equitable financing (i.e., only what they can afford to pay)