A nurse is caring for a 70-year-old client with pain related to osteoarthritis. The pain is relatively constant. The client is prescribed pharmacological treatment for the pain
In suggesting alternative therapies to the client, the nurse would consider their effectiveness to be
A) less effective in the elderly.
B) greater when used in conjunction with pharmacological therapy.
C) of no difference.
D) more effective in the elderly.
B
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After teaching a group of nursing students about opioid antagonists, the instructor determines that the teaching was successful when the students identify which of the following as true about these drugs? Select all that apply
A) An opioid antagonist has greater affinity for opioid receptors than do opioid agonists. B) An opioid antagonist has lesser affinity for opioid receptors than do opioid agonists. C) An opioid antagonist prevents a response to the opioid by binding to opioid agonists in the bloodstream. D) An opioid antagonist prevents a response to the opioid by binding to opioid receptors. E) An opioid antagonist potentiates the effect of an opioid.
Which of the following is fear-driven based on the appraisal of threats to health and individual coping mechanisms that move an individual toward adopting a health behavior?
a. Consumer Information Processing Model b. Protection Motivation Theory c. Theory of Planned Behavior d. Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change
A week after beginning fluoxetine (Prozac), a patient complains, "I still feel so depressed all the time." Based on pharmacodynamics, the nurse's best action is to
a. administer the medication on an empty stomach. b. advise the health care provider that the drug is ineffective. c. reassess the expected outcomes of antidepressant therapy. d. educate the patient that the drug needs more time to be effective.
A nurse researcher is critically appraising a research report and asks the question "Was interrater reliability calculated?" Which data collection methods and procedures would this question evaluate?
a. Physiologic measurement b. Interviews c. Available data records d. Observation