Which of the following nursing interventions is MOST common when working with a client who has a problem getting to sleep or waking during the night?
a. instructing the client to eat a meal or snack just before bedtime
b. watching television in the bedroom until falling asleep
c. drinking two glasses of wine just before bedtime
d. no food except warm milk within 3 to 4 hours of going to bed
D
The most common intervention when working with a client who has a problem getting to sleep or waking during the night is to instruct the client that no food except warm milk should be consumed within 3 to 4 hours of going to bed. While a light snack may help, a heavy meal will not if gastroesophageal reflux (an occasional physical cause of insomnia) has been diagnosed in individuals who consume large meals within 3 hours of sleeping.
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a. licensing standards. b. position paper. c. Smith-Hughes Act. d. Nurse Practice Act.
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1. recurrent acute pain 2. ongoing time-limited pain 3. chronic malignant pain 4. chronic nonmalignant pain
The trauma client's spinal cord must be protected from injury. Therefore, the nurse should:
1. Apply a rigid cervical collar and logroll the client. 2. Keep the client on a backboard for the first 24 hours. 3. Keep the client supine until all diagnostic exams have been completed. 4. Keep the client flat and run a hand underneath to assess for posterior injuries.
The community health nurse is participating in nominal evaluation research. The nominal group technique will
A) use large survey studies. B) use a structured group meeting. C) involve a series of questionnaires to a designated panel of respondents. D) distribute the initial questionnaire to a preselected group.