A 73-year-old male client has been diagnosed with depression and is put on SSRI medication. In educating the client, the nurse should tell him
A) "You should feel better in a few days."
B) "Don't tell anyone you are on this medication. It may change how they think about you."
C) "Keep taking the medication. It may take 4 to 6 weeks before you notice a difference."
D) "This medication may cause you to be extremely irritable."
C
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The health care provider suggests inpatient hospice for a client. The family members are concerned that their loved one will receive only custodial care. What is the nurse's best response?
a. "The goal of palliative care is to provide the greatest degree of comfort possible and help the dying person enjoy whatever time is left." b. "Palliative care will release you from the burden of having to care for someone in the home. It does not mean that curative treatment will stop." c. "A palliative care facility is like a nursing home and costs less than a hospital be-cause only pain medications are given." d. "Your relative is unaware of her sur-roundings and will not notice the differ-ence between her home and a palliative care facility."
Hypertension is one of the most common conditions in the United States. It is estimated that just over half the adults in the U.S. have either prehypertension or hypertension making it a serious medical condition
What is the initial treatment for stage 1 hypertension? A) Exercise B) Antihypertensives C) Vitamin supplements D) Diet
What is the most likely cause of this patient's low back pain?
A 33-year-old construction worker comes for evaluation and treatment of acute onset of low back pain. He notes that the pain is an aching located in the lumbosacral area. It has been present intermittently for several years; there is no known trauma or injury. He points to the left lower back. The pain does not radiate and there is no numbness or tingling in the legs or incontinence. He was moving furniture for a friend over the weekend. On physical examination, you note muscle spasm, with normal deep tendon reflexes and muscle strength. A) Herniated disc B) Compression fracture C) Mechanical low back pain D) Ankylosing spondylitis
The entire group of elements (can be people, events, experiences, or behaviors) that meet study criteria is the
a. control group. b. accessible population. c. target population. d. representative sample.