Your client is a 19-year-old woman living in a one-room apartment with a friend. She has a part-time job as a cashier at a convenience store and says that she has put off medical care because she has no money and no health insurance
She is being assessed for a non-healing sore at an IV injection site on her forearm. An appropriate nursing diagnosis would be:
1. Ineffective health maintenance.
2. Imbalanced nutrition.
3. Ineffective coping.
4. Dysfunctional grieving.
ANS: 1
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The nurse working in labor and delivery knows that which infant is at highest risk of having a long-bone fracture?
A. Intrauterine growth restriction B. Mother with osteoporosis C. Multiples with one breech presentation D. Premature
The nurse is instructing others on the use of hospice care. Which statements would indicate to the nurse that the teaching session has been effective?
Select all that apply. 1. "Hospice care is designed for individuals with a terminal prognosis who cannot stay at the hospital." 2. "Hospice care is designed for individuals with a terminal prognosis who decide to spend their final days at home with their families." 3. "Hospice care is designed for individuals with a terminal prognosis who decide to stay in the hospital for symptom management." 4. "Hospice care is designed for individuals with a terminal prognosis who have to go into a hospice center for proper symptom management." 5. "Hospice care is designed for individuals with a terminal prognosis who decide to receive treatment for their symptoms at home, the hospital, or the hospice center."
Heparin is prescribed in:
a. micrograms. c. grams. b. milligrams. d. USP units.
A terminally ill client is being cared for at home and receiving hospice care. The hospice nurse is helping the family cope with the client's deteriorating condition, educating them on the signs of approaching death. Which sign would the nurse include in this education plan?
a. increased urinary output b. difficulty swallowing c. decreased pain d. increased sensory stimulation