This branch of medicine is concerned with mental health disorders
a. Pediatrics
b. Geriatrics
c. Obstetrics
d. Psychiatry
D
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The nurse is caring for an 82-year-old female patient in the PACU. The woman begins to awaken and responds to her name, but is confused, restless, and agitated. What principle should guide the nurse's subsequent assessment?
A) Postoperative confusion in older adults is an indication of impaired oxygenation or possibly a stroke during surgery. B) Confusion, restlessness, and agitation are expected postoperative findings in older adults and they will diminish in time. C) Postoperative confusion is common in the older adult patent, but it could also indicate a significant blood loss. D) Confusion, restlessness, and agitation indicate an underlying cognitive deficit such as dementia.
The nurse receives a report stating that the patient, who is 5 feet tall, has a nutritional deficit. Which physical clinical indicator consistent with a nutritional deficit does the nurse expect to observe in the patient?
a. Long, shiny hair b. Pale conjunctivae c. Pink oral mucosa d. Weight of 104 pounds
The clinic administrator has asked each nurse to classify the nursing activities as a beginning step of clinic reorganization. Which of these strategies can be identified as health promotion and health maintenance? (Select all that apply.)
1. Administration of the flu vaccinefor infants from 6 months to 23 months old 2. Daily feeding schedules for infants 3. Instruction to adolescents on how touse dental floss 4. Treatment for a child with adiagnosis of acute otitis media
What statements describe act deontology?
a. It gathers all the facts about a situation and determines the appropriate action. d. It states that principles determine our actions and that these rules do not change with the situation. b. It is not concerned with consequences or situations in which the rule is applied. e. It achieves the greatest good for the greatest number. c. External circumstances may change without affecting the rules regarding actions or judgments that apply to a situation. f. It is based on the dignity and freedom of choice of all individuals.