A group of nursing students are reviewing the various medications used for pain relief during labor. The students demonstrate understanding of the information when they identify which agent as the most commonly used opioid?
A) Butorphanol
B) Nalbuphine
C) Fentanyl
D) Meperidine
D
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Passive communication results in:
1. Resolving problems in the long term 2. Positive feelings 3. Keeping the peace 4. Failure to move up Maslow's hierarchy
A client's laboratory values indicate a low blood-urea-nitrogen level. The nurse realizes this blood level is consistent with:
a. severe dehydration. b. malnutrition. c. low protein intake. d. starvation.
The team leader is preparing to tape the evening shift report. The comment that should be included in the report is that:
1. client A complained of a headache until his wife arrived to visit. She was 20 minutes late because of unavoidable traffic. 2. client B ate everything on her dinner tray—roast beef, mashed potatoes, and green beans—and the dessert too, which is her usual pattern. 3. client C was so restless that the dressing on her sacrum came off and had to be replaced. There was no change in the assessment of the decubitus. 4. client D had her usual visitors. She is sleeping after her regular evening medica-tions, which were given as ordered at 8 PM.
How has the present legal environment affected the frequency with which nurses are named in suits for malpractice?
1. Frequency is greater than 15 years ago. 2. Frequency is less than 15 years ago, except in obstetrical nursing. 3. Frequency is about the same as 15 years ago. 4. Frequency is greater than 15 years ago, but only in obstetrical nursing.