The parents of a 10-year-old child being admitted to the children's behavioral unit ask the nurse what a therapeutic milieu is. What is the nurse's best answer?
A) "The dayroom on our unit"
B) "The school room on our unit"
C) "A safe and secure structured environment"
D) "A place where the client and the patients can interact"
C
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a. Force b. Pallor c. Capillary refill time d. Timing in the cardiac cycle
You are discussing pain relief in the elderly with your senior nursing students
When administering an analgesic to an elderly patient for pain, what interventions would you teach your students should be implemented in the plan of care for the patient? A) Monitor for signs of drug toxicity due to a decrease in metabolism. B) Monitor for an increase in absorption of the drug due to increased metabolism. C) Monitor for an increase in respiratory rates. D) Analgesics should be given every 4 to 6 hours as ordered to control pain.
A client is scheduled for genetic testing for the presence of oncogenes. Which client statement would the nurse interpret an indicating that more education is needed regarding this testing?
1. "Oncogenes support the development of proto-oncogenes that initiate tumor growth." 2. "The test is looking for a factor that could be causing my cancer to grow." 3. "The results of this test may help my health care team choose which medications I should take." 4. "This test may help my health care team find out why the medication I have been taking is not killing my cancer cells."
A 40-year-old female client has never experienced an intimate relationship. A nursing student tells an instructor that this client remains in Erikson's developmental stage of intimacy versus isolation. What is the instructor's most appropriate reply?
A. "Erikson's stages of development are assessed by chronological age, not task achievement. This client is in the generativity versus stagnation stage, which occurs from 30 to 65 years of age." B. "Erikson's stages of development are assessed by task achievement, not chronological age. This client is in the intimacy versus isolation stage, which occurs from 20 to 30 years of age." C. "Erikson's stages of development are assessed by task achievement, not chronological age. This client is in the generativity versus stagnation stage, which occurs from 30 to 65 years of age." D. "Erikson's stages of development are assessed by chronological age, not task achievement. This client is in the intimacy versus isolation stage, which occurs from 20 to 30 years of age."