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The nurse is providing care to a client who has multiple fractures after a motor vehicle accident. The nurse includes reduction of the perception of pain as a client outcome. Which nursing interventions would apply to reaching this outcome?
Select all that apply. 1. Offering a selection of musical CDs. 2. Assisting with guided imagery. 3. Administering Demerol (Meperidine) intravenously. 4. Providing instruction on deep breathing techniques. 5. Administering an anti-inflammatory medication.
A nurse is documenting a patient's breath sounds. Rhonchi are heard as:
a. loud, low-pitched, coarse sounds. b. high-pitched, musical squeaks. c. dry, grating sounds on inspiration. d. high-pitched, fine sounds at the end of inspiration.
A patient is in the late stages of liver failure with cirrhosis and progressive, irreversible damage. Knowing this, the nurse explains to the family that:
1. Liver transplantation is the only feasible treatment. 2. Abstinence from alcohol may decrease further liver cell injury and improve portal hypertension. 3. The liver is the only organ affected so that the patient and family need not worry about other body systems. 4. If the patient does not have any variceal hemorrhages he will probably live for years.
A patient wants to use a complementary medicine approach for a chronic health problem. Which approach would the nurse suggest the patient use? Select all that apply:
1. Hypnotherapy 2. Qi gong 3. Biofeedback 4. Reiki