A nurse is caring for a patient who has just been diagnosed with a brain tumor. The patient asks the nurse if she should choose to have surgery. The nurse's most therapeutic response is:
1. "Tell me what you know about the surgery."
2. "I would never decide against having surgery."
3. "If I were you, I would definitely have the surgery."
4. "Don't worry. You will be fine if you don't have surgery."
ANS: 1
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1. From a nursing home with a stage 4 pressure ulcer. 2. With rheumatoid arthritis taking methotrexate. 3. With aplastic anemia. 4. With blunt trauma spinal cord injury. 5. With ruptured viscus vomiting bright red blood.
Ordered: 2 Atrovent® inhalers; take 2 inhalations every 6 hours. Each inhaler contains 200 inhalations. Calculate the days' supply: ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).