A 73 year old patient who sustained a right hip fracture in a fall requests pain medication from the nurse. Based on his injury, which type of pain is this patient most likely experiencing?
a. phantom
b. visceral
c. deep somatic
d. referred
Ans: c. deep somatic
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A) Hyperkalemia B) Hypokalemia C) Hypernatremia D) Hypermagnesemia
A nurse manager has the reputation of being an autocratic leader. Which of the following statements by this manager would support that reputation?
1. "I'd like to hear from you (addressing the staff) what your ideas are for promoting better morale in this unit." 2. "I'm putting a suggestion box in the break room if anyone has ideas that would be helpful to the unit." 3. "The new work schedule is posted for the next 6 weeks." 4. "I put the new procedure manual out. Please add your comments to the blank sheet of paper attached to the front."
The nurse is talking to the working parents of a child with sickle cell anemia. The nurse explores the feelings of the parents and finds that both parents are admitting to feeling guilty a lot of the time
Which of the following causes will the nurse most likely find as the greatest contributor or cause of this guilt? a. Both parents are carrying at least one recessive gene for sickle cell anemia. b. Both parents are working and cannot spend as much time with the child as they would like. c. The parents are not able to help their child more, and they fear that the child is suffering a great amount of the time. d. The child wants more and more things that cost more and more money, and the parents can't comply because of hospital bills.
An unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) is providing morning care to a client with a fractured leg who is in skeletal traction. The nurse determines that the UAP needs instruction regarding the guidelines for client bathing if the UAP is implementing which action?
A. Giving the client a complete bed bath B. Pulling the room curtains around the bathing area C. Turning up the thermostat in the client's room for the bath D. Keeping the side rails (per agency policy)up while away from the client