The plan of care offers a number of different types of nursing interventions that may be incorpo-rated in. An example of a nurse implemented specific life-saving measure is:
1. Administering analgesics
2. Restraining a violent client
3. Initiating stress-reduction therapy
4. Teaching the client how to take his/her pulse rate
ANS: 2
Restraining a violent client is an example of a life-saving measure to protect the client. The pur-pose of a life-saving measure is to restore physiological or psychological equilibrium. Adminis-tering analgesics is an example of physical care techniques. It is not a life-saving measure. Initiat-ing stress-reduction therapy is an example of a counseling technique. Teaching the client how to take his or her pulse rate is an example of the nursing intervention of teaching. The focus is for the client to obtain new knowledge or psychomotor skills.
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