The nurse is caring for a patient who, on the continuum between wellness and illness, is moving toward illness and premature death. How would the nurse know this to be true?
A) The patient stops doing wellness-promoting activities
B) The patient develops signs and symptoms
C) The patient begins exercising
D) The patient verbalizes anxiety over the cost of medications
B
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An adult client is to have a large-volume cleansing enema. The nurse is aware that the MOST appropriate temperature of the solution to be administered should be:
a. 100 degrees Fahrenheit c. 115 to 120 degrees Fahrenheit b. 105 to 110 degrees Fahrenheit d. 125 degrees Fahrenheit
A professor at the local college of nursing is teaching at a new clinical site. She notes that the nurses greet each other and their clients with warmth and a smile. She also notes that the policies and procedures encourage nursing autonomy
Nurses and physicians seem to have a collegial re-lationship. These observations best describe the ____ of the unit. a. Climate b. Culture c. Interactions d. Operation
The health care provider has asked the nurse to prepare for an amniotomy. What is the nurse's priority action with this procedure?
a. Perform Leopold's maneuvers. b. Determine the color of the amniotic fluid. c. Assess the fetal heart rate immediately after the procedure. d. Prepare the patient for a change in her pain level after the procedure.
Recently the United States and Canada have seen the development of West Nile virus. It is carried to humans by:
A) mosquitoes. B) humans. C) deer. D) elk.