A client has esophageal cancer. Which intervention by the nurse takes priority?
a. Maintaining nutritional intake
b. Allowing grieving
c. Preventing aspiration
d. Managing pain relief
C
Although nutrition and pain are both high on the list of priorities, prevention of aspiration is the highest. When a client aspirates, his or her respiratory system is compromised, thereby causing further deterioration, which increases nutritional needs. Grieving, although also important, does not take priority over physical needs and safety.
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a. Help promote antibody formation b. Assist in some digestive processes c. Protect against bacterial infections of the throat d. Support blood cell production
The nurse is teaching a 15-year-old female patient and her parents about an antibiotic the adolescent will begin taking. The drug is known to decrease the effectiveness of oral contraceptive pills (OCPs). The nurse will
a. ask the adolescent and her parents whether she is taking OCPs. b. tell her parents privately that pregnancy may occur if she is taking OCPs. c. tell her privately that the medication may decrease the effectiveness of OCPs. d. warn her and her parents that she may get pregnant if she is relying on OCPs.
A patient states, "Sometimes I hear voices when no one else is in the room telling me that people are plotting to hurt me.". This patient is experiencing impairment of which criterion of mental health?
a. Autonomy b. Integration c. Reality perception d. Environmental mastery
Several factors can threaten the body's need for temperature regulation. What are factors that can threaten the body's need for temperature regulation?
1 . Excessive external heat 2 . Excessive internal cold 3 . Excessive external cold 4 . Excessive internal heat A) 1, 2, 3 B) 1, 2, 4 C) 1, 3, 4 D) 2, 3, 4