A patient had a stroke. When does rehabilitation begin?
a. When the person leaves the hospital
b. When the person enters a rehabilitation center
c. A few days after the person returns to the nursing center
d. At once
D
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A) Ineffective airway clearance B) Impaired swallowing C) Risk for trauma D) Ineffective individual coping
A 36-year-old woman complains that she has had crushing chest pain for the past 2 days. She seems nervous as she speaks to you. An appropriate response is to:
a. continue to collect information regarding the chief complaint in an unhurried man-ner. b. finish the interview as rapidly as possible. c. ask the patient to take a deep breath and calm down. d. ask the patient if she wants to wait until another day to talk to you.
The nurse is asked about the characteristics of Alzheimer's disease. The nurse's best response is:
a. usually occurs after the age of 65. b. is classified according to mild, moderate, or severe memory loss. c. there is no cure at this time. d. clients usually die from brain death.
The nurse educator is presenting a program to college students about factors that can cause congenital malformations. She will tell them that:
1. The most damage is done to the fetus when insult occurs during the second trimester of pregnancy. 2. Spontaneous abortion always occurs if the fetus is affected by a toxin. 3. The fetus is most vulnerable to toxic agents during the first months of pregnancy. 4. Toxic substances are primarily drugs.