Which intervention applies to the nursing care of an older patients with heart failure and hypovolemia related to an intestinal obstruction?
a. Provide frequent mouth care with lemon glycerin swabs
b. Offer ice chips to suck on before surgery
c. Offer a small glass of water
d. Assess for crackles in the lungs
Answer: d. Assess for crackles in the lungs
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A client has chosen to discontinue hemodialysis, but the client's family is not supportive of the decision. The nurse who uses the theory of principles-based reasoning would make which statement?
1. "This client is of sound mind and is capable of making independent decisions regarding health care. It really is the client's decision to make.". 2. "I need to try and help the family understand the client's decision so they can work through this situation together.". 3. "This client's health is so deteriorated that the treatment is not saving the client's life. It is prolonging the ultimate outcome, which is death.". 4. "The client understands the decision and the advanced stage of the disease. If the client quits treatment, the client will die.".
A nurse would question a prescription for sulfasalazine (Azulfidine) if the client is also taking which medication?
1. Insulin 2. Digoxin 3. Warfarin 4. Penicillin 5. Vitamin C
Which of the following statements about cancer death rates for women is true?
1. After increasing markedly from 1970 through the early 1990s, lung cancer deaths have sharply decreased over the last decade. 2. Breast cancer causes the most cancer deaths in women. 3. Deaths from cancer of the colon and rectum have declined slowly, probably because of improved diagnosis and treatment. 4. Deaths from cancer of the uterus have increased steadily over the past several decades related to the increasing number of aging baby boomers.
When assessing a 5-year-old according to Kohlberg's developmental theory, the nurse would consider it normal to observe a:
1. Good boy–good girl orientation 2. Punishment-obedience orientation 3. Law-and-order orientation 4. Hierarchy of principles