A nurse tells a client that an injection of medication called atropine sulfate (Atropen) will be administered about 30 minutes before electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) treatment
Which rationale should the nurse provide to the client for giving this medication?
A) "It will alleviate your anxiety."
B) "It will relax your muscles."
C) "It will decrease secretions."
D) "It will put you to sleep for the treatment."
C
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The nurse has just completed a thorough assessment of an adolescent in the clinic who has begun dating and is now withdrawn. Which diagnosis is appropriate for the adolescent and family?
1. Rape-Trauma Syndrome related to date rape 2. Balanced Nutrition: adequate body requirement 3. High Self-Esteem related to good friends 4. Adequate Sleep Pattern related to adequate sleep schedule
An older patient has an unintentional weight loss of 20 pounds in the last 3 months. What should the nurse teach the patient's family to prevent further loss of weight?
1. Provide liquid nutritional supplements with meals. 2. Add nonfat milk powder to scrambled eggs to add more protein. 3. Encourage the patient to resume smoking to increase the appetite. 4. There is nothing to change as weight loss is a normal part of aging.
The nurse should teach the parents of a breastfed newborn that solid foods should be
a. introduced by adding cereal to the formula bottle at 2 months b. given at bedtime to help the baby sleep through the night c. delayed in breastfeeding mothers until after 9 months of age d. started with iron-fortified rice cereal at 6 months of age
The client has exactly 8.0 R-R intervals in 150 small blocks on the ECG paper. Based on this information, the nurse calculates the client's ventricular heart rate to be which of the follow-ing?
A. 40 beats/min B. 80 beats/min C. 160 beats/min D. The heart rate cannot be calculated from the information provided.