The nurse determines that a client is experiencing chronic pain when which of the following is assessed? (Select all that apply.)
1. Suffering
2. Fatigue
3. Sleeplessness
4. Apathy
5. Sadness
6. Anger
1, 3, 5
The descriptor triad for chronic pain is suffering, sleeplessness, and sadness. Fatigue, apathy, and anger do not describe chronic pain.
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A child has epistaxis while at school. The school nurse appropriately intervenes by:
1. Lying the child down and applying a warm pack. 2. Tilting the child's head back, squeezing the bridge of the nose, and applying a warm moist pack to the nose. 3. Tilting the child's head forward, squeezing the nares below the nasal bone, and applying ice to the nose. 4. Immediately packing the nares with a cotton ball soaked with Neo-Synephrine.
The patient has just returned to the floor after balloon valvuloplasty of the aortic valve and the nurse is planning appropriate assessments. The nurse should know that complications following this procedure include what? Select all that apply
A) Emboli B) Mitral valve damage C) Ventricular dysrhythmia D) Atrial-septal defect E) Plaque formation
A patient tells the nurse that it seems like the only time she gets a cold is when she is under higher than normal stress. What information should the nurse provide?
1. "You probably don't eat as well when you are under stress." 2. "You probably don't rest and sleep as well when your stress is high." 3. "Stress causes your body to have an autoimmune response." 4. "Stress increases cortisol, which suppresses your immune system."
A clientt is prescribed 1 liter of fluid in 8 hours. How many drops per minute will be delivered if the drop factor is 20 drops per mL?
1. 21 gtt/min 2. 36 gtt/min 3. 42 gtt/min 4. 63 gtt/min