A patient has an abrupt onset of a cluster of global changes in attention, cognition, and level of consciousness. What would be the most appropriate nursing diagnosis?
A) Acute Confusion C) Impaired Memory
B) Chronic Confusion D) Disturbed Sensory Perception
A
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Which nurse is considered to be the first community health nurse, who, after founding the Henry Street Settlement Service in New York City, devoted her life to providing nursing care to the indigent population?
a. Dorothea Dix c. Isabel Hampton Robb b. Adelaide Nutting d. Lillian Wald
You are caring for a preoperative patient. You have given the patient a preoperative narcotic and the patient is now requesting to void. What action should you take?
A) Assist the patient to the bathroom. B) Offer the patient a bedpan. C) Wait until the patient gets to the operating room and is catheterized. D) Have the patient go to the bathroom.
What makes the area of maternal-child health nursing a more extensive area for consideration of legal issues than other areas of nursing?
A) Age of the patients B) Caring for a fetus, an unseen patient C) Risk of labor and delivery D) Lack of evidence-based information
The hospice nurse requests the drug temazepam (Restoril) for a client who has difficulty in
a. falling asleep. b. falling asleep and staying asleep. c. sleeping without nightmares. d. staying asleep.