A nurse is working with a 39-year-old patient who is experiencing muscle spasms associated with multiple sclerosis
The patient reports that she needs help with basic care and that her 15-year-old daughter has been helping bathe and dress her for a week. The patient's physician has prescribed baclofen (Lioresal). The nurse and the patient agree that an appropriate goal related to helping her maintain her self-worth would be to
A) experience relief of pain.
B) experience improved motor function.
C) increase self-care in activities of daily living.
D) take her medication independently.
C
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Friendly conversation is an important skill for the student. Friendly conversation is best described as:
1. conversing politely in the clinical area. 2. talking to families about a patient's prognosis. 3. talking cheerfully to friends about your nursing classes and social events. 4. group discussions on nursing topics.
What technique should the nurse use to determine the volume of residual urine in a client with benign prostatic hyperplasia?
A. Measure the difference in lower abdominal distention before and after the client voids. B. Ask the client if he experiences dribbling of urine immediately after voiding. C. Measure the total amount of urine the client voids with maximum effort. D. Ask the client to urinate, and then immediately catheterize the bladder.
If a variable were measured on a nominal scale, the most appropriate measure of central tendency would be the:
A) Mode B) Median C) Mean D) They are all equivalent.
A newly employed nurse had read the nurse practice act very carefully. After the first orientation day, the nurse read the agency procedure book from cover to cover and discovered that some policies seemed to be contradictory to the state law
Which of the following actions should the nurse take? a. Ask another nurse working at the agency what to do. b. Ask the physician what should be done when there are discrepancies. c. Follow agency policy and procedures that are in place. d. Report the discrepancies to the agency and volunteer to help revise the policy.