Which action would be effective to help increase the power of the nursing profession? (Select all that apply.)
A) Place more nurses in positions influencing policy
B) Have nurses shed the "victim" image
C) Develop more reactive approaches to policy setting
D) Engage in more research for evidence
E) Create ways to mentor new nurses
A, B, D, E
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A nurse obtains a focused health history for a client who is suspected of having bacterial meningitis. Which question should the nurse ask?
a. "Do you live in a crowded residence?" b. "When was your last tetanus vaccination?" c. "Have you had any viral infections recently?" d. "Have you traveled out of the country in the last month?"
A patient needs to make a health-related behavior change, and the nurse using the health beliefs model is working with the perceived severity factor. Which action by the nurse is most appropriate?
a. Assist the patient to identify the benefits associated with the wanted change. b. Help the patient determine the barriers that prevent changing this behavior. c. Illustrate some of the consequences of not changing the selected behavior. d. Inform the patient about the morbidity associated with current behavior.
Nurses understand that the underlying belief of patients who have "anorexia" is that being thin will:
A) Decrease their problems B) Make them smarter C) Increase their control over other people D) Increase their popularity and acceptance
Your care is important and communicating changes in patient condition is critical for the best outcome for the patient. When assisting a patient to the dining room you observe the following: the patient enjoys chatting with friends on the way and is pleasant and cooperative. The patient becomes flushed and appears to have increasingly difficult time breathing; he then reports pain whenever he
tries to take a deep breath and heaviness in his chest. What would you do? What will be an ideal response?