In treating clients with personality disorders, compliance with prescribed medications must be monitored frequently and safeguards must be put in place to prevent or reduce the risk for:
a. Deceit
b. Suicide
c. Homicide
d. Manipulation
B
Clients may hoard their medications until they have enough to make up a lethal dose.
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A patient with long-standing Parkinson's disease has been prescribed entacapone (Comtan). The patient asks the nurse to describe exactly how this medication works. Which of the following responses is most appropriate?
A) "Entacapone is best given parenterally to relieve symptoms." B) "Entacapone inhibits COMT so that dopamine is active for a longer time." C) "It increases the metabolism of levodopa in the bloodstream." D) "It increases the amount of dopamine that your brain creates."
You are assessing an older adult patient post-myocardial infarction. You attempt to identify your patient's health patterns and to assess if these health patterns are achieving the patient's goals
How should you best respond if it is found that the patient's health patterns are not achieving their goals? A) Seek ways to promote balance in the patient. B) Refer the patient to social work. C) Identify alternative models of health care. D) Provide insight into the patient's physiological failings.
The patient's lower chest has been punctured with a knife that is still in place. What should the nurse's first action be?
a. Remove the knife b. Apply an airtight dressing over the wound c. Place the patient in a modified Trendelenburg position d. Immobilize the knife with dressings and tape
Which describes how to document a number less than 1?
A. Place a zero after the decimal point. B. Place a zero before the decimal point. C. Place a zero after the last digit. D. Place a zero before the first digit.