The nurse is providing palliative care for a 9-year-old boy in a hospice. Which is unique to hospice care for children?
A) Encouraging visits from friends and family
B) Educating parents about terminal dehydration
C) Prolonging treatment that might possibly help
D) Treating constipation to relieve abdominal pain
C
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Which process(es) does the nurse explain the endocrine system is primarily responsible for controlling? (Select all that apply.)
a. Maturation b. Reproduction c. Stress response d. Sexual identity e. Growth
A nurse who works in the office of an endocrinologist is orienting a new staff member. Which of the following teaching points is the nurse justified in including in the orientation? Select all that apply
A) "A bodily process can be the result of the combined effect of several different hormones from different sources." B) "A single hormone can act not only on one process or organ but often on several different locations or processes." C) "It's common for production of hormones to be far removed from the tissue where they ultimately exert their effect." D) "Sometimes hormones act locally on the area where they were produced, like in the case of paracrine and autocrine actions." E) "The regulation in homeostasis requires that hormones be absent from the body when their effect is not needed."
An experienced nurse has recently taken a position on a telemetry unit in the local hospital. After 2 weeks on the job, he finds that the staffing is not what was discussed during his employment interview with the nurse manager
Which approach would be most appropriate for the nurse to take? a. Give 2 weeks' notice and begin seeking employment at another hospital. b. Discuss the situation with the nursing manager who interviewed him. c. Talk to other employees about the staffing situation. d. Notify the charge nurse that this was not what was explained to him prior to em-ployment.
Emergency Medical Services contacts the Emergency Department with the report that they are transporting a client who was the victim of a motor vehicle crash. The paramedics report that the client is stable but has multiple contusions
How should the nurse prepare for this client? A) Obtain ice packs to apply to the wounds. B) Request gauze to pack the wounds. C) Notify the surgical staff that a surgical client soon will be arriving. D) Organize suture material to close the wounds.