You teach a child to use a FACES pain rating scale prior to surgery. At that time, she points to the smiling face. Following surgery when you suspect she has pain, she points again to the smiling face. You would interpret this as
A) she does not have pain.
B) she is using the scale to predict what she would like, not what she has.
C) she has difficulty focusing on the right side of the scale.
D) you must be interpreting her degree of pain falsely.
B
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a. "I will try to find out whether you qualify for money to purchase these necessary supplies." b. "Even though it is expensive, the cost of taking care of urinary tract infections would be even higher." c. "Instead of purchasing new catheters, you can boil the catheters and reuse them up to 10 times each." d. "You can reuse the catheters at home. Clean technique, rather than sterile technique, is acceptable."
What should a nurse consider when planning holistic care for a patient?
1. Spiritual and religious beliefs 2. Only physical needs 3. Patients who are too sick to be spiritual 4. The job of the hospital chaplain to identify any spiritual needs of the patient
The number of kilojoules consumed per hour per square metre of body surface area is referred to as the:
a. body mass index. b. basal metabolic rate. c. basal metabolic index. d. body mass rate.
In a study of the role of communities in providing support for adolescent development, Blyth and Leffert (1995) found that healthy communities had a high percentage of:
a. police involved in patrolling the streets b. youth involved in structured activities c. arrests and incarceration of lawbreakers d. schools perceived as strict