The nurse is completing an admission interview with an older adult on a busy medical unit. What action is most appropriate for the nurse to take?
a. Complete the admission interview with the client's son.
b. Shout at the client so he or she can hear.
c. Provide pen and paper and let the client write his answers.
d. Allow the client time to respond to the questions regarding health history.
D
Information processing speed decreases with age, and it may take longer for the client to retrieve the information and respond.
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a. is confidential b. may be shared with other members of the healthcare team if it is important in their care c. may be disclosed to others if there is risk of harm occurring d. all of these
A patient has a normal cardiac rhythm and a heart rate of 72 beats/minute. The nurse determines that the P-R interval is 0.24 seconds. The most appropriate intervention by the nurse would be to
a. notify the health care provider immediately. b. give atropine per agency dysrhythmia protocol. c. prepare the patient for temporary pacemaker insertion. d. document the finding and continue to monitor the patient.
Madeleine Leininger's theory directs the nurse to understand the meaning of crisis events for the client from:
a. within the client's cultural perspective b. a comparison with American culture c. the nurse's perspective of the event d. whatever cultural rules are known
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a. Glass ceiling b. Glass labyrinth c. Glass window d. Glass cliff