When teaching the family about caring for a client with epileptic seizures, the nurse observes that one parent is at home with the client most of the time. The nurse suggests respite care to:
A) Give the client a reason to live.
B) Help the family get shopping completed.
C) Help the client visualize death.
D) Reduce disproportionate caretaking burdens on individual family members.
D
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Which situation is an example of reverse delegation?
1. The nurse manager asks the staff nurse to attend an in-service on a new product. 2. The nursing supervisor asks the nurse manager to attend a meeting with the physicians. 3. The licensed practical nurse asks the nurse manager to administer insulin to her client. 4. The staff nurse asks the licensed practical nurse to record intake and output in his client's charts.
A patient with a history of long-term vitamin B12 deficiency is admitted to the unit. What clinical manifestations would the nurse anticipate with this disease process? (Select all that apply.)
a. GI disturbances b. Impaired production of WBCs c. Impaired production of platelets d. Neurologic damage e. Hyponatremia f. Hypokalemia
A patient is prescribed a fentanyl patch to administer 100 mcg/hour, uses one patch for 72 hours, and then is changed to an intravenous infusion of morphine 8 hours into the second patch. How many mg of the medication did the patient receive while wearing the patch? Record your answer rounding to the nearest whole number.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
A nurse compares patient compliance after an interactive video instruction compared to usual verbal instructions among patients with a new diagnosis of diabetes mellitus. The study design most likely describes
a. Descriptive research design b. Exploratory research design c. Modified experimental design d. True experimental design