The nurse explains that transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) provides a continuous mild electrical current to the skin and reduces pain by:
a. distracting the patient.
b. blocking endorphin production.
c. warming the skin.
d. blocking pain impulses.
D
TENS works by blocking pain impulses.
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Severe pain, spasms, and resistance occur when you gently flex Ms. N's neck, indicating that
a. the meningeal infection has spread to the neck muscles. b. death is imminent. c. there is a spinal cord tumor in the cervical region. d. the meningeal irritation has caused nuchal rigidity.
PERFORM needs to be used ______.
a. when the nurse has time and space to spend with the patient b. simultaneously with nursing care c. after completing a physical procedure d. when the nurse is qualified
The nurse is planning care for an 8-year-old child with a concussion. Which is descriptive of a concussion?
a. Petechial hemorrhages cause amnesia. b. Visible bruising and tearing of cerebral tissue occur. c. It is a transient and reversible neuronal dysfunction. d. A slight lesion develops remotely from the site of trauma.
The patient should empty his bladder before being weighed.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)