Based on Maslow's hierarchy of needs, when prioritizing a patient's plan of care, what would be the nurse's first priority?
A) Allowing the family to see a newly admitted patient
B) Ambulating the patient in the hallway
C) Administering pain medication
D) Teaching the patient to self-administer insulin
C
You might also like to view...
A graduate nurse is working with her preceptor in a long-term care facility. The graduate nurse asks her preceptor to list the most serious problems that she must watch out for in patients with dementia
Which of the following is the most appropriate response by the preceptor? A) "Patients with dementia need assistance with everything; make sure that your nursing assistants are doing everything for them." B) "Patients with dementia may have become aggressive, so you need to make sure that you medicate them when they act out." C) "Patients with dementia may have problems with overmedication and polypharmacy; you need to really pay attention to the medications the patients are taking and their responses to those medications." D) 'Patients with dementia may need their schedules adjusted each day depending on how they are acting."
A 70-year-old homeless man is admitted to the emergency department with heat stroke following 3 days of overexposure to outside temperatures. The nurse is most alerted to which signs and symptoms associated with heat stroke? Select all that apply
a. Temperature of 103.8°F b. Throbbing headache c. Diaphoresis d. Confusion
A nurse provides dietary instructions to a client with cholecystitis. Which menu selection by the client indicates to the nurse that the client understands the instructions?
A. Roast turkey with a baked potato B. Fruit plate with fresh whipped cream C. Fried chicken with macaroni and cheese D. Barbecued spare ribs with buttered noodles
The primary reason that leg exercises are ordered after surgery is to
A. prevent blood clots. B. prevent contractures. C. maintain the patient's ability to walk. D. avoid pressure ulcers.