A 22-year-old patient with schizophrenia is refusing his antipsychotic medication. He states, "I don't like the dopey way it makes me feel. I feel like I'm walking under water when I take it"
The nurse explains to him, "Your schizophrenia is caused by a chemical imbalance in your brain, and this medication helps fix that chemical imbalance. You need to take it so your symptoms will get better." This conversation reflects a conflict between which two types of ethical principles?
A) Autonomy and justice
B) Paternalism and veracity
C) Justice and nonmaleficence
D) Autonomy and beneficence
D
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a. ask the client to move her leg backward in a circle. b. turn the client's foot and leg inward, pointing the toes toward the other leg. c. move the client's head in order to touch her ear to the shoulder. d. raise the client's straight arm forward to a position above her head.
A patient with a body mass index (BMI) of 32 is in the intensive care unit recovering from surgery to repair an abdominal aortic aneurysm. What should be the nurse's focus regarding this patient's nutritional needs?
1. Support elevated protein needs. 2. Maintain on intravenous fluids and clear liquids. 3. Limit food and fluid intake to three mealtimes daily. 4. Begin a weight-reduction program immediately.
A woman gave birth vaginally to a 9-pound, 12-ounce girl yesterday. Her primary health care provider has written orders for perineal ice packs, use of a sitz bath tid, and a stool softener
What information is most closely correlated with these orders? a. The woman is a gravida 2, para 2. b. The woman had a vacuum-assisted birth. c. The woman received epidural anesthesia. d. The woman has an episiotomy.
Which is the most important nursing action before discharge for a mother who is apprehensive about giving her child insulin?
a. Review the side effects of insulin with the mother. b. Have the mother verbalize that she knows the importance of follow-up care. c. Observe the mother while she administers an insulin injection. d. Help the mother devise a rotation schedule for injections.