Which understanding about persons who attempt suicide will help the nurse plan care for a suicidal
client? Every person who is suicidal should be considered to be
a. intent on dying.
b. cognitively impaired.
c. mentally ill.
d. experiencing hopelessness.
D
Hopelessness is the characteristic common among people who attempt suicide. The other options
reflect myths about suicide. Option A: Not all who attempt suicide are intent on dying. Options B
and C: Not all are mentally ill and not all are cognitively impaired.
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1. To identify client strengths and promote health maintenance 2. Collect data and observe and report client status to the RN 3. To develop an individualized care plan 4. To observe or measure client responses to nursing interventions 5.
A patient comes into the clinic complaining of being exposed to a co-worker who has the flu. The patient is asymptomatic. What should the nurse anticipate the physician will order?
a. Flumadine (rimantadine) b. Valtrex (valacyclovir) c. Ziagen (abacavir) d. Crixivan (indinavir)
A 27-year-old female patient comes to the clinic with complaints of increasingly frequent migraines. The patient has been taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for previous mi-graines but states that they are not as effective as they once were The patient is prescribed ergo-tamine with a first dose now. What action should the nurse take?
a. Ask the patient if she is pregnant or thinks she may be pregnant. b. Instruct the patient to take the medication with food. c. Instruct the patient to avoid the concurrent use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. d. Have the laboratory draw blood for a complete blood count.
The nurse is preparing a burn patient for surgery. Because of this patient's amount of stress, the nurse realizes that the patient would benefit from:
1. An increased supply of protein. 2. Fluid restriction. 3. Antinausea medication. 4. An increase in activity.