If you believe that a patient is having a heart attack, you should
A. elevate the head.
B. begin CPR.
C. run for the nurse.
D. position the patient in the Trendelenburg position.
Answer: A
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After the teaching process is completed, the nurse is careful to:
1. Evaluate the response to teaching. 2. Follow up with the family to see whether the client is following through. 3. Document responses to teaching. 4. Select new strategies for teaching.
A patient has been having morning headaches and a feeling of fullness in her head. On questioning, the patient states that she feels like she has toothache pain under her eye. You suspect that the patient is experiencing:
1. nasal polyps. 2. impacted wisdom teeth. 3. allergic rhinitis. 4. sinusitis.
A nurse researcher would decide to use a retrospective or ex post facto study for which reason?
a. Obtaining informed consent is not an important issue. b. There is maximal opportunity to manipulate the independent variable. c. The dependent variable is measured at multiple times to examine maturation. d. The dependent variable has already been affected by the independent variable.
The family of a patient being treated for a recent diagnosis of schizophrenia voices concerns to the nurse. They report the patient just told them that the pepper flakes on his potatoes were crawling bugs
What response by the nurse is most appropriate? a. "At this stage it is most important to hu-mor him and agree that you see them as well." b. "To reduce his stress, just throw out the food." c. "It is important to tell him that you do not see the bugs." d. "The best thing to do in this case is to confront him and let him know that he is mistaken."