Which instruction should be included in the teaching plan for a client being discharged after coronary artery bypass graft surgery?
A. "Drink at least 3 L of fluid daily."
B. "You should abstain from sexual activity for 6 months."
C. "Take your pulse before, midway through, and after exercising."
D. "You should discontinue your antihyperlipidemic medication at this time."
C
The client is instructed to begin a walking program that gradually lengthens in distance. The client is advised to take his or her pulse before exercising, midway through exercising, and after exercising. The client should stop exercising if the target rate is exceeded or if angina develops.
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Behavioral theories see personality disorders as the result of
1. social stressors. 2. conditioned responses. 3. neurophysical problems. 4. an imbalance among the three forces of the personality.
The pediatric nurse caring for patients with hematological diseases knows that the following diseases can be cured by hematopoietic stem cell transplant
Select all answers that apply. A) Sickle cell disease B) Severe aplastic anemia C) Diamond Blackfan anemia D) Von Willebrand disease
When an individual is challenged to look at their ways of knowing and to consider other possible ways of knowing and thinking it is called:
a. world view. b. contested knowledge. c. knowledge system. d. cultural sensitivity.