When visiting a client in the home for the first time, which of the following is critical to remember?
A) There may be dangers lurking around every corner.
B) Clients are glad to have the nurse in their home.
C) The nurse is a guest in the client's home.
D) The nurse knows what is best for the client.
C
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a. Help the client identify each medication by its color. b. Provide written materials with large print size. c. Sit on the client's right side and speak into the right ear. d. Allow the client to use a white board to ask questions.
A patient is demonstrating signs of anaphylactic shock. What should the nurse do first to assist this patient?
1. Administer subcutaneous epinephrine. 2. Maintain an airway. 3. Provide calm reassurance. 4. Place the patient on a cardiac monitor.
An infant girl is prescribed digoxin. You would teach her parents that the action of this drug is to
A) slow and strengthen her heartbeat. B) increase her heart rate. C) thicken the walls of the myocardium. D) prevent subacute bacterial endocarditis.
A client with Alzheimer's disease receives tacrine (Cognex). Her son is commenting on his mother's condition. Which comment indicates an expected positive effect from this medication?
a. "My mother is less unstable on her feet." b. "My mother is not deteriorating at this time." c. "My mother seems to be cured of her Alzheimer's." d. "My mother is no longer at risk of the effects of Alzheimer's."