Which of these nursing diagnoses would be appropriate for a client who is experiencing moderate anxiety?
a. hopelessness c. ineffective coping
b. post-trauma syndrome d. spiritual distress
C
Ineffective coping is the inability to form a valid appraisal of the stressors, involves making inadequate choices of responses, and is the inability to use the available resources.
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The nurse is obtaining a health history from a patient who has come to the local health clinic and is having abdominal pain. The best question to elicit the probable reason for the visit and identify the chief complaint is:
A) "Why do you think your abdomen is painful?" B) "Where is your abdominal pain and when did it start?" C) "What brings you to the clinic today?" D) "What is the problem today?"
The perinatal nurse describes infant feeding cues to a new mother. These feeding cues include which of the following behaviors? (Select all that apply.)
A. Mouth movements B. Moving the hand to the mouth C. Sticking the tongue out D. Vocalizations E. Yawning
What knowledge is required to fully define nursing research?
a. An exhaustive list of the research that has already been conducted in nursing b. Ways to perform the major descriptive and inferential statistics needed for analysis c. Research studies well received by other disciplines for collaborative projects d. A determination of what nurses need to know to provide the best patient care
A school-age child with pauciarticular juvenile arthritis has extreme pain upon waking in the morning. Which intervention should the nurse suggest the parents try to help the child with the pain?
A) Encourage bed rest until the pain is gone. B) Perform isotonic exercises until the pain is gone. C) Provide 325 mg of aspirin immediately on arising. D) Encourage a warm bath each morning before school.