Mind-body medicine is one of five major areas of research focus for the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
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A student nurse asks the postanesthesia care unit (PACU) nurse, "Why does the patient come to the PACU prior to the medical-surgical unit?" The PACU nurse explains to the student nurse that:
A) The PACU allows the patient to recover from anesthesia in a stimulating environment to facilitate awakening and reorientation. B) The PACU allows the patient to recover from the effects of anesthesia; the patients stay in PACU until they are oriented, have stable vital signs, and are without complications. C) Frequently, patients are recovered in the medical-surgical unit, but hospitals are usually short of beds and the PACU is an excellent place to triage patients. D) The medical-surgical unit is frequently very busy and unable accept the patient from surgery, so the patients are observed and monitored in PACU until a bed is available.
A male patient is concerned about the inability to ejaculate during sexual intercourse. What information in the patient's medical record should the nurse use to help determine the cause for the patient's health problem?
Select all that apply. 1. medication for hypertension 2. medication for anxiety 3. treatment for bipolar disorder 4. topical steroid for psoriasis 5. narcotic for chronic back pain
Which of the following nursing behaviors are included in the levels of nursing actions within Level 1? (Select all that apply.)
a. Confronts conflict b. Uses client's correct name c. Maintains eye contact d. Adopts open posture e. Responds to cues
Four cases of meningococcal meningitis have been reported in a local school district. The school nurse prepares to treat the remaining school population based upon which knowledge?
Standard Text: Select all that apply. 1. Anyone who has been potentially exposed should be immunized. 2. Immunization will occur using one of the four types of vaccines available. 3. No treatment is necessary, since meningitis is rarely contracted by casual contact. 4. Many people will choose not to be immunized because meningitis is not a lethal disorder. 5. Treatment often includes use of prophylactic antibiotics.