The nursing care plan for the client with a diagnosis of Chronic Pain should always include: Standard Text: Select all that apply
1. Establishing a client–nurse relationship.
2. Client teaching.
3. Considering the client's ability and willingness to participate.
4. Using distraction.
5. Presenting choices.
1,2,3
Rationale: A trusting relationship promotes expression of the client's thoughts and feelings, and enhances effectiveness of planned pain therapies.
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The nurse is ensuring that client care is provided with high quality since one cost of poor quality of care would be:
a. increase in staff job satisfaction. b. improved use of time for task performance. c. litigation and malpractice settlements. d. reduced training of new employees.
Which of the following dependent variables is suitable for logistic regression analysis? (Select all that apply.)
a. How many compressions were delivered in the first minute post-code b. Serum sodium value c. Born on earth–not born on earth d. Height at adulthood e. Birth gender f. Whether a patient with cancer goes into remission
While assessing a new patient, the nurse asks about a family history of genetic illnesses. The patient states that her mother has diabetes. For which of the following is this patient at increased risk?
A) Diabetes B) Hypertension C) Twins D) Seizures
When explaining the methadone maintenance approach to managing the heroin-dependent client, the nurse explains to the client's family that:
a. by stopping heroin use, the client will not engage in criminal activity to support a heroin habit. b. methadone maintenance will prevent withdrawal symptoms, allowing the client minimal discomfort when heroin use is stopped. c. the methadone maintenance will allow the client to slowly taper off the heroine over a period of months and then the client will have a lifestyle closer to normal. d. methadone is used because it is not addicting.