A nurse diagnosed with acute anxiety is scheduled to take the CCRN exam for the second time in 2 weeks after being unsuccessful the first time. Which medication would be helpful to reduce the nurse's anxiety?
1. Buspirone (Buspar)
2. Citalopram (Celexa)
3. Alprazolam (Xanax)
4. Propranolol (Inderal)
4. Propranolol (Inderal)
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A nurse assesses a patient for frequently occurring barriers to implementing behavior changes according to the health belief model. Which question by the nurse will yield the most useful information?
a. "Do you think you know enough to change your diet?" b. "How much time do you have each week to exercise?" c. "What other information can I give you about this topic?" d. "Why haven't you started these healthy behaviors yet?"
The nurse is performing the Romberg test and asks the client to stand with the feet together and eyes closed. The nurse notes the findings are normal. Which finding is expected during this assessment?
1. Swaying from side to side. 2. Exhibiting minimal swaying. 3. Feeling moderately dizzy. 4. Having complete loss of balance.
Review the following diagnoses, and select the one that would cause a health care provider to use sodium polystyrene sulfonate resin (Kayexalate) with caution
a. Kidney stones b. Heart failure c. Fractured long bone d. Spinal cord injury
A client has a tuberculin skin test as a pre-employment physical requirement. Which statement by the nurse is best made to the client who has the test result seen in the photograph below?
a. "Your PPD is negative. No further fol-low-up is necessary." b. "You will need to have a second PPD." c. "You will need to have titers drawn." d. "You will need further testing."