An elderly patient is complaining of dry, itching skin. The nurse should assess
A) How often the patient is bathing
B) When the patient's last tub bath was
C) What linens they are using
D) When the severe itching occurs
Ans: A
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The nurse asks the patient to move the thumb of his one hand away from the palm and then back. This technique is assessing which of the following functions of the thumb?
1. Adduction 2. Opposition 3. Flexion 4. Extension
The nurse serves as an educator of other healthcare personnel. In what capacity will this nurse participate in education?
1. Preceptor of new graduate nurses. 2. Instructing a part of the critical care course. 3. Clinical instruction of nursing students. 4. One-to-one teaching of clients. 5. Teaching grandparents how to care for children.
Groups in which there is a tendency to split the authority and include avoidance, absenteeism, and resignation are in which of Bion's unconscious assumptions?
a. Dependency b. Social defense c. Pairing d. Fight-flight
What are some strategies that you should review with J.G. and her husband to increase the
likelihood of compliance? What will be an ideal response?