A new mother is concerned that her 2-week-old daughter is not sleeping through the night. The nurse should respond that infants usually develop a nighttime pattern of sleep by:
1. 1 month
2. 2 months
3. 3 months
4. 6 months
ANS: 3
Infants usually develop a nighttime pattern of sleep by 3 months of age.
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The patient is awaiting surgical, oncology, and radiation consults and is scheduled for surgery the day after tomorrow. She tearfully tells the nurse, "I keep thinking about how there is something growing inside me that could kill me. It's like living with a bomb inside you, and you don't know if or when it's going to go off.". Which nursing intervention would be most likely to be helpful? a. Interact frequently with the patient, and provide books and games to help her stay busy and distract her from her negative thinking. b. Validate her feelings, and with her permission, have a member of a breast cancer survivor's support group visit her in her hospital room. c. Provide support and validate her feelings, then offer to have the hospital chaplain stop by to talk with her. d. Sympathize with her concerns, but remind the patient that she has not even had the surgery yet, and the treatments may well rid her of cancer.
A client has generalized anxiety disorder but is otherwise healthy. He is receiving buspirone daily
The topic that would be excluded from the health teaching plan is a. the importance of daily aerobic exercise. b. avoidance of foods and drinks containing caffeine. c. effects and side effects of buspirone. d. how to prevent the occurrence of flashbacks.
The nurse plans care to prevent a thromboembolic event for the client receiving IV fluids. Which does the nurse include in the plan of care?
1. Uses a needleless system 2. Primes IV tubing slowly 3. Selects a larger catheter 4. Checks drug compatibility
____________________ are checks and practices a facility follows if a patient states she no longer wishes to live and intends to harm herself.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).