Your elderly patient suffers from metastatic cancer. She understands her condition and expresses a
readiness for death. What nursing diagnosis would be most appropriate?
A) Risk for spiritual distress
B) Potential for enhanced spiritual well-being
C) Ineffective individual coping
D) Spiritual distress
B
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A nurse working with a dying patient would expect to add interventions to the care plan to address which needs? (Select all that apply.)
a. Pain b. Dyspnea c. Delirium d. Dementia e. Restlessness
The nurse conducts the newborn examination at the mother's bedside. Two advantages to this method are:
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The client has myasthenia gravis. The highest priority client teaching is:
a. instructing the client to take the drug on a strict schedule to avoid respiratory muscle weakness. b. informing the client if a dose of the drug is missed to double the drug dose when the next dose is scheduled. c. instructing the client that if muscle weakness occurs, to rest, and if it persists to call the healthcare provider the next day. d. informing the client that if respiratory distress occurs, rest, double the drug dose, and call the healthcare provider.
The nurse is instructing a client regarding food safety, injury prevention, and occupational health. Which of the following Healthy People 2010 objectives is the nurse instructing the client?
1. Promote healthy behaviors 2. Promote healthy and safe communities 3. Improve systems for personal health and public health 4. Prevent and reduce diseases and disorders