A client is admitted to a medical-surgical unit after abdominal surgery. The nurse is assessing the client for pain. In order to provide culturally competent care, the nurse would be expected to do all of the following with the exception of:
A) Respecting the client's right to react to pain in whatever manner they desire.
B) Acknowledging that each client holds various beliefs about pain.
C) Abstaining from stereotyping a client's pain responses based on the person's culture.
D) Assuming that all clients will verbally express their pain and ask for medication.
D
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a. Headache b. Cough c. Bronchospasm d. Chest pain
he mother of a young child tells the nurse that when she was breastfeeding her baby, he never had any colds or infections but now that he is weaned, he seems to be sick all of the time. What should the nurse explain to the mother?
1. "The breast milk provided passive immunity to the baby that he no longer is receiving." 2. "The child should be immunized to prevent these common illnesses." 3. "Some children are just prone to getting more infections than others." 4. "Most babies won't get sick until they are past the age of 12 months."
Currently, the steps in the nursing process are
a. assessment, planning, and evaluation b. assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation c. assessment, analysis, planning, implementation, and evaluation d. assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification and planning, implementation, and evaluation
The nurse planning care for a client with discoid lupus erythematosus is setting goals in collaboration with the client. One goal is that the client will:
1. Work through the stages of death and dying. 2. Gain weight to within 10 pounds of normal for height. 3. Comply 100% of the time with sun protection plan. 4. Report pain no higher than four on a scale of 1-10.