When collecting data on a clients culture, the nurse will as questions regarding the client's Standard Text: Select all that apply
1. Language preference
2. Religion
3. Cultural relationship between healthcare provider and client
4. Anxiety
5. Explanation of the illness
1,2,3,5
Rationale 1: The nurse needs to determine the clients language preferences in order to obtain translator services if necessary
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The first day after surgery to repair a fractured hip sustained from a fall, an older adult client refuses to ambulate but states, "I will consider it tomorrow."
Which is the priority action by the nurse? A) Coordinate personnel to assist with ambulation. B) Document the client's refusal. C) Assess why the client is refusing to ambulate. D) Notify the healthcare provider.
After a patient has been on a narcotic agonist drug for a week, what would you expect the physician to do next?
1. Take the patient off all pain medications. 2. Continue the patient on the medication for another week. 3. Have the patient use distractions from pain. 4. Give another method for pain relief.
When admitting a 42-year-old patient with a possible brain injury after a car accident to the emergency department (ED), the nurse obtains the following information. Which finding is most important to report to the health care provider?
a. The patient takes warfarin (Coumadin) daily. b. The patient's blood pressure is 162/94 mm Hg. c. The patient is unable to remember the ac-cident. d. The patient complains of a severe dull headache.
Suffocation is:
a. The loss of memory and thinking and reasoning abilities b. A sudden event in which people are killed and injured c. When breathing stops from lack of oxygen d. When electrical current passes through the body