Which does the nurse identify as the best indicator of how a child will react to the diagnosis of a chronic condition?
Answer: How the family reacts to the news
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The student nurse learns that spirituality consists of practices that lead to connection to which items? (Select all that apply.)
a. Other people b. Nature c. Religious institutions d. Oneself e. Higher power
A 60-year-old client with rheumatoid arthritis visits the health care facility for a regular checkup. The client informs the nurse that he has been using an over-the-counter NSAID for the last few days
The nurse cautions the client about the use of NSAIDs on a long-term basis because of the increased risk for which of the following? A) Ulcer disease B) CNS disorders C) Hearing impairment D) Blindness
The patient asks the nurse why she may need an episiotomy. Which rationale(s) would be appropriate responses? (Select all that apply.)
a. Shorten the second stage of labor b. Relieve fetal head compression c. Prevent perineal lacerations d. Decrease the mother's blood pressure e. Decrease the pain of the delivery f. Permit easier passage of the fetus
A patient asks the nurse why a medication prescribed by the provider "didn't do anything at all." Which statement by the nurse accurately describes how genetics influence drug action?
1. "Genetic differences can result in significant differences in how each patient's body handles the same medication." 2. "Genetic differences can cause mutations in enzymes, changing the way they function. This can alter how the body metabolizes and excretes drugs." 3. "Because of genetic differences, medication may accumulate to toxic levels in one patient while in another patient may be inactivated before it can have a therapeutic effect." 4. "Genetic differences can be expressed as an alteration in the structure of an enzyme, which can cause a defective receptor and an allergic response to drugs." 5. "Genetic differences in patients who are biracial result in an allergic response to medications."