A Muslim woman enters the clinic to have a woman's health examination for the first time. Which nursing behavior applies Swanson's caring process of "knowing the patient?"
A) Sharing feelings about the importance of having regular woman's health examinations
B) Gaining an understanding of what a woman's health examination means to the patient
C) Recognizing that the patient is modest; obtaining gendercongruent caregiver
D) Explaining the risk factors for cervical cancer
Ans: B) Gaining an understanding of what a woman's health examination means to the patient
You might also like to view...
The four levels of consciousness include all of the following except
a. Alert b. Comatose c. Semicomatose d. Lethargic
The home health nurse is caring for a patient who has frequent bouts of diverticulitis accompanied by increased flatulence, diarrhea, and nausea. Which of the following is the most appropriate suggestion to lessen these symptoms?
a. Eat a diet high in fiber content b. Increase dietary fat intake c. Exercise to increase intra-abdominal pressure d. Take daily laxatives
The nurse notes that the patient's neutrophil count is less than 500 cells/microliter. The nurse realizes that this patient is:
a. is at low risk for infection. b. is at mild risk for infection. c. is at moderated risk for infection. d. is at severe risk for infection.
The nurse is caring for a client with lymphedema of the left arm in the clinic
The nurse measures a circumference of the affected extremity 4 cm larger in circumference than the opposite limb, and the client complains of feeling a heaviness and pain. There is limited movement of the left arm. What would the nurse grade and document this lymphedema as? A) Grade I (Mild) B) Grade II (Moderate) C) Grade III (Severe) D) Grade IV (Grossly edematous)