When providing personal care to a child, a nurse should do which of the following? Select all that apply
1. Respect the child's need for privacy.
2. Knock before entering the child's room.
3. Enter the child's room without knocking.
4. Consider the importance of modesty to the child.
5. Leave the room door open while the child is bathing.
ANS: 1, 2, 4
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1. "I will develop a reward system for desired behaviors." 2. "I will take my child to the physician every three months for a weight and height check." 3. "I will let him do his homework while he is watching his favorite television show." 4. "I will stick to the same routine each day after school."
While the nurse is educating a fellow nurse about some new research being developed to treat hepatitis C, specifically to identify disease-related drug targets on the cells, the nurse will be basing these data on which new technology finding?
A) Recombinant DNA technology B) Haplotype mapping C) The human genome project D) Interference RNA (RNAi)
Which of the following statements provides the clearest justification for the performance of gerontological nursing intervention?
A) The client does not possess the requisites to meet his or her needs independently. B) The client is deemed by health professionals, in their professional judgment, to be in a compromised health state. C) The client expresses a desire for assistance with self-care. D) The client engages in behaviors that are not compatible with good health.
When a newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus patient asks the nurse why she has to take a pill instead of insulin, you reply that in type 2 diabetes, the body makes insulin but:
1. overweight and underactive people simply cannot use the insulin produced. 2. metabolism is slowed in some people so they have to take a pill to speed up their metabolism. 3. sometimes the autoimmune system works against the action of the insulin. 4. the cells become resistant to the action of insulin. Pills are given to increase the sensitivity.