Some cultures see personal touching as an insult unless you are intimately related. In the acute care setting, the need for touching to administer care may produce what within the patient?
a. Cultural strain
b. Impaired functioning
c. Cultural insult
d. Increased self-care deficit
ANS: A
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Which actions by the nurse are appropriate when providing care to this client? Select all that apply. A) Complete a further history and exam to carefully assess for any potential cause of bleeding. B) Review a list of iron-rich foods and explore with the client how she can increase dietary iron. C) Have the client continue her usual daily prenatal vitamin dose. D) Stress the importance of complying with an increase in iron supplementation to 100 mg per day. E) Ask the client to return in 2 months for a repeat check of her serum iron levels. F) Order a screening for sickle cell anemia.
What should the manager do when taking the second step in the progressive disciplinary process?
A) Suspend the employee from work for a specified period of time. B) Insist the employee sign a paper admitting wrongdoing. C) Complete a formal written reprimand signed by the employee and manager. D) Admonish the employee not to repeat the infraction.
The hospital has a well-designed, fully functioning ethics committee. What ethical debate topics, concerning the entire social network rather than an individual patient, might now be addressed by this committee?
Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply. 1. Do-not-resuscitate orders 2. Autonomy 3. Duplication of services 4. Informed consent 5. Effects of managed care on patient well-being
A college student is unable to take a final examination because of severe test anxiety. Instead of studying, the student relieves stress by attending a movie. Which priority nursing diagnosis should a campus nurse assign for this client?
A. Noncompliance R/T test taking B. Ineffective role performance R/T helplessness C. Altered coping R/T anxiety D. Powerlessness R/T fear