A nurse is preparing a client to undergo computed tomography of the head with contrast medium. What follow-up care should the nurse be prepared to provide?
A. Immobilization of the head for 4 hours
B. Pressure to the site of injection
C. Fluid therapy
D. Sedation
C
If a contrast medium is used, intravenous fluid may be used to promote excretion of the contrast medium. Contrast medium may also act as a diuretic, resulting in the need for fluid replacement.
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During a group therapy session a client addresses the group, saying "I have been thinking about the
way I feel about my husband. I am angry with him. He has no right to hit me or call me names. I feel hurt, too. I wonder what I have done to deserve this abuse.". The client begins to sob. This can be assessed as a. transference. b. cohesiveness. c. ventilation. d. altruism.
What is the research question?
a. This study was undertaken to explore the effect of massage on total hours of sleep per 24-hour day, in persons averaging fewer than 7 hours of sleep per night, attributable to insomnia. b. It was posited that provision of daily late-morning massage would affect total hours of sleep per 24-hour day. c. Does massage increase the total number of hours of daily sleep? d. Presumably by increasing endorphin levels, massage seems to provide an immediate relaxation and an ability to sleep immediately following the session, but it is unclear whether these benefits actually extend to total sleep, despite anecdotal support.
A student nurse is learning about nursing theorists. Based on this learning, the student nurse writes a care plan focused on providing culturally diverse care. The student nurse is adopting the approach of nursing theorist
1. Myra Levine. 2. Dorothea Orem. 3. Sister Callista Roy. 4. Madeleine M. Leininger.