When assessing the sensory component of pain, __________ is a description indicative of neuropathic pain
1. Burning and shooting
2. Heavy and squeezing
3. Colicky coming in waves
4. Sore and tender
Burning and shooting
Rationale: Neuropathic pain is described as tingling, burning, shooting, electric, or shock-like. Heavy, squeezing, colicky, and sore and tender are nociceptive types of pain.
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The nurse is instructing a patient who is experiencing diarrhea associated with a microorganism not to use an antidiarrheal medication. The patient asks, "Why can't I take something to stop the diarrhea?" How should the nurse respond to this patient?
1. "Antidiarrheal medication slows down the elimination of the microorganism causing the diarrhea." 2. "Antibiotics are always used to treat the microorganisms but antibiotics may worsen diarrhea." 3. "The potassium you are taking will help to slow down the diarrhea." 4. "Your physician does not like to use antidiarrheal medications."
A client and her husband used in vitro fertilization to become pregnant
The unused sperm was frozen so the couple could have more children later. The husband is killed while in combat, and the client journals her choices and the possible ramifications. She comes to the fertility clinic after looking at the situation from many perspectives and after considering many alternatives. She asks that the sperm be destroyed because her husband's faith prohibited remarrying, and allowing another person to use the sperm would conflict with her late husband's beliefs. The nurse realizes that: a. the client is in the second step of ethical decision making and that the client's value system is influencing her choices of alternative actions. b. a logical line of reasoning has led to validation of the decision to destroy the husband's sperm. c. the client has not been able to navigate the complicated issues inherent in this situation. d. a rational decision was reached that was based on reflection and on the value systems of the wife and the husband.
Individuals who receive care in a hospital are called ____________________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The school nurse has been asked to begin teaching sex education in the 5th grade. The nurse should recognize that:
a. Children in 5th grade are too young for sex education. b. Children should be discouraged from asking too many questions. c. Correct terminology should be reserved for children who are older. d. Sex can be presented as a normal part of growth and development.