The nurse is caring for a patient with acute pericarditis. What nursing management would be instituted to minimize complications?
A) The nurse keeps the patient isolated to prevent nosocomial infections.
B) The nurse encourages coughing and deep breathing.
C) The nurse helps the patient with activity restrictions until the pain and fever subside.
D) The nurse encourages increased fluid intake until dehydration is resolved.
C
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What statement made by a parent indicates correct understanding of infant feeding?
a. "I've been mixing rice cereal and formula in the baby's bottle." b. "I switched the baby to low-fat milk at 9 months." c. "The baby really likes little pieces of chocolate." d. "I give the baby any new foods before he takes his bottle."
In order to be therapeutic when communicating with a client living in a homeless shelter, it is important to apply which techniques? (Select all that apply.)
a. Show acceptance and respect. b. Avoid clarifying terms. c. Use medical terminology to avoid talking down. d. Consider the client's environment. e. Assess client's pattern of verbal and nonverbal communication.
A critically ill patient's plasma cortisol level is 2.6 mcg/dL. Which intervention does the nurse expect?
1. Treatment for adrenal insufficiency 2. Treatment for adrenal excess 3. Continued diagnostic testing of adrenal function 4. Emergency dialysis
Which activity performed by the community health nurse best reflects primary prevention of cancer?
A. Assisting women to obtain free mammograms B. Teaching a class on cancer prevention C. Encouraging long-term smokers to get a chest x-ray D. Encouraging sexually active women to get annual Papanicolaou (Pap) smears