Ms. P is a 24-year-old athletic woman who is concerned about gaining excessive weight during her pregnancy. Which of the following statements by the nurse is correct?
1. "No one should gain more than 20 pounds during pregnancy."
2. "Your regular diet should serve you well throughout your pregnancy."
3. "Just indulging your appetite should suffice. Your body will crave the nutrients it needs."
4. "The recommended weight gain is determined from your current height and weight."
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The nurse is assessing a client who was described during shift report as being obtunded, and finds which of the following consistent with that description?
1. Answers questions minimally and is indifferent to stimuli. 2. Disoriented to time, place, and person with auditory hallucinations. 3. Responds only to vigorous continuous stimulation. 4. Intermittent periods of impaired judgment.
A medical technician working in a physician's office routinely refers to herself as a nurse. Which type of licensure protects that title as well as the professional actions associated with nursing?
1. Mandatory 2. Institutional 3. Transitional 4. Permissive
A patient has received a pain medication that blocks pain signals from the spinal cord. The nurse anticipates the effects of this medication will result in which level of pain?
1. 0 on a scale from 0-10 2. 8 on a scale from 0-10 3. 5 on a scale from 0-10 4. 2 on a scale from 0-10
Which of the following tools would an advanced practice nurse be more likely than a registered nurse to use during the performance of a musculoskeletal assessment on a patient?
A) Flashlight B) Gradiometer C) Scale D) Goniometer