The nurse is planning care for a child with rheumatic fever. Which nursing diagnosis would be the most important to include in this child's plan of care?
A) Delayed growth and development
B) Risk for aspiration
C) Risk for acute pain
D) Disturbed body image
Ans: C
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1. Flex wrists 2. Extend elbows 3. Full hand control 4. Some use of the fingers 5. Full use of thoracic muscles
The nurse considers a nursing diagnosis of ineffective health maintenance related to low motivation for a patient with diabetes. Which finding would the nurse most likely use to support this nursing diagnosis?
a. The patient does not perform capillary blood glucose tests as directed. b. The patient occasionally forgets to take the daily prescribed medication. c. The patient states that dietary changes have not made any difference at all. d. The patient cannot identify signs or symptoms of high and low blood glucose.
Which of the following plans would you expect to be most effective in helping a nurse develop as a leader?
A. Seeking a mentor, expanding professional networks, and becoming more involved in professional association(s) B. Strengthening relationships with current circle of nurse colleagues, attending an in-service program, and observing other nurses interacting with a legislator on tel-evision C. Writing personal career goals, demon-strating that one can "make it on your own" without help or guidance from oth-ers, and beginning a graduate program D. Developing a highly specialized know-ledge base so that others rely on you for information, reading professional journals regularly, and attending functions in one's local community
Age, if defined purely from a physiological perspective, is a process of deterioration of body systems. However, aging is more appropriately defined
1. As a process of slow brain deterioration 2. By ageism—a term used to describe the aging process 3. From several domains including physiologic, psychological, sociologic, and spiritual processes 4. As related to cognitive ability—the ability to live independently