The nurse is caring for a client with major depression. The client tells the nurse that she "just isn't sure that life is worth living." The nurse documents which nursing diagnosis as the priority?
A) Self-esteem, Low, related to depressive episode
B) Hopelessness related to symptoms of depression
C) Anxiety related to lack of energy for self-care activities
D) Thought Processes, Disturbed, related to memory loss and depression
B
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The nurse is reviewing the principles of pain. Which type of pain is due to an abnormal processing of the pain impulse through the peripheral or central nervous system?
a. Visceral b. Referred c. Cutaneous d. Neuropathic
The nurse is doing discharge teaching in the ED with a patient who had a nosebleed. What should the nurse include in the discharge teaching of this patient?
A) Avoid blowing the nose for the next 45 minutes. B) In case of recurrence, apply direct pressure for 15 minutes. C) Do not take aspirin for the next 2 weeks. D) Seek immediate medical attention if the nosebleed recurs.
The nurse is caring for several patients who require oxygen therapy. The nurse anticipates an order for noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation (NIPPV) for the patients with which diagnoses? (Select all that apply.)
a. Pulmonary edema b. Obstructive sleep apnea c. Stroke with dysphagia d. Congestive heart failure
An association may meet all the criteria for causation and later be shown to be false or factitious because of factors that were not known at the time the study was done. Investigators must interpret results with great caution;
they rarely consider a cause "proven." Which is a widely used criterion for evaluating causation? A) Association is not strong. B) Association is not specific. C) Association is temporally correct. D) Association is the result of a confounding variable.