A nurse is preparing a client for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Which state is induced during ECT?
A) Unconsciousness
B) Grand mal seizure
C) Catatonia
D) Petit mal seizure
B
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The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) encouraged implementation of electronic health records (EHR) by what means?
a. Fining facilities that did not convert to EHRs by 2015 b. Mandating that all facilities implement EHRs within the year c. Providing incentive payments to facilities that converted to EHRs d. Restricting providers' access to traditional patient health records
A patient with blindness related to conversion disorder tells the nurse, "Lots of doctors and nurses stop by to check on my blindness, and the other patients are really interested in it, too
Too bad people didn't think I was interesting before I became blind.". Which nursing diagnosis is most suggested by this comment? a. Social isolation b. Chronic low self-esteem c. Interrupted family processes d. Ineffective health maintenance
A client is experiencing a multisystem fluid volume deficit after hemodialysis. The nurse assesses the symptoms present as tachycardia; pale, cool skin; and decreased urine output
The nurse determines that the client has not met the expected outcome for a client on hemodialysis, which would be to experience: 1. A reduction of extracellular fluid. 2. The pharmacological effects of a diuretic infused in the dialysate. 3. The effects of rapidly infused intravenous fluids. 4. Cardiac failure.
A client from which of the following cultures is least likely to have an extended family social organization?
A) African Americans B) Cambodian Americans C) European Americans D) Filipino Americans