The nurse is present when a mother and her partner are told that their 35-week fetus has died. Which nursing intervention should the nurse do first?
A. Encourage open communication with the family and the healthcare team.
B. Ask the family to withhold their questions until later the next day.
C. Request that another nurse come and care for this family.
D. Contact a local funeral home to help the family with funeral plans.
A
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A child has been diagnosed with a Wilms' tumor; preoperative nursing care would involve:
1. Careful bathing and handling. 2. Monitoring of behavioral status. 3. Maintenance of strict isolation. 4. Administration of packed red blood cells.
The nurse is working on establishing a balance strategy training program (BSTP) for patients in a long-term care facility. Which of the following should she expect? (Select all that apply.)
a. The patients will have an increase in func-tional ability. b. The fall rate will decrease. c. The BSTP activities include tossing small bean bags. d. The patients will have weekly sessions to practice activities. e. The activities require a lot of work to in-tegrate into the daily resident program. f. Patients will become more independent.
A Chinese woman who is 12 weeks pregnant reports to the nurse that ginseng and bamboo leaves help reduce her anxiety. How should the nurse respond to this patient?
1. Advise the patient to give up the bamboo leaves but to continue taking ginseng. 2. Advise the patient to give up all herbal remedies during the first trimester except for ginger. 3. Tell the patient that her remedies have no scientific foundation. 4. Assess where the patient obtains her remedy, and investigate the source.
A client is admitted to an emergency department experiencing memory deficits and decreased motor function. What alteration in brain chemistry should a nurse correlate with the presentation of these symptoms?
A. Abnormal levels of serotonin B. Decreased levels of dopamine C. Increased levels of norepinephrine D. Decreased levels of acetylcholine