Treating the person with dignity is:
a. Consideration
b. Empathy
c. Respectfulness
d. Cheerfulness
C
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A) Amantadine (Symmetrel) B) Entacapone (Comtan) C) Diphenhydramine (Benadryl) D) Ropinirole (Requip)
A male client undergoes nephrectomy and is admitted for postoperative care. However, during postoperative care, he suffers from a severe internal hemorrhage. The internal hemorrhage is stopped, and the client is allowed to rest
Which of the following interventions should the nurse provide to manage and minimize hemorrhage effectively? A) Monitor blood pressure and pulse rate every 1 to 4 hours. B) Encourage the client to breathe deeply and cough every 2 hours. C) Auscultate the lungs every 4 to 5 hours. D) Use two hands to provide firm support to the incision when the client coughs.
A family member of a 28-year-old patient who has suffered massive abdominal trauma in an automobile accident asks the nurse why the patient is receiving famotidine (Pepcid). The nurse will explain that the medication will
a. decrease nausea and vomiting. b. inhibit development of stress ulcers. c. lower the risk for H. pylori infection. d. prevent aspiration of gastric contents.
An order is written for phenytoin 500 mg IM q3-4h prn for pain. The nurse recognizes that treatment of pain is not a standard therapeutic indication for this drug. The nurse believes that the health care provider meant to write hydromorphone
What should the nurse do? a. Call the health care provider to clarify the order. b. Give the patient hydromorphone, as it was meant to be written. c. Administer the medication and monitor the patient frequently. d. Refuse to give the medication and notify the nurse supervisor.