A client with borderline personality disorder gives written notice of intention to leave the hospital after a voluntary admission. The client tells the nurse, "I will rescind my notice if you expand my smoking privileges."
The nurse should respond in a way that: A) Consistently reinforces the unit rules.
B) Provides exceptions to the unit rules.
C) Convinces the client to rescind the notice.
D) Refers the client to the physician.
A,
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A patient who was admitted with symptoms of hypoxia is changed from a face mask to a nasal cannula for oxygen delivery. The nurse realizes that this patient's condition is
1. deteriorating. 2. improving. 3. stabilizing. 4. compounded with another health issue.
Within a normal physiologic range, an increase in left ventricular end-diastolic volume would lead the nurse to monitor for:
a. an increased force of contraction. b. a decrease in cardiac output. c. an increase in heart rate. d. heart failure.
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