Cost containment is a priority in health care.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
True
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The nurse is planning care for a client who has been withdrawn and isolated for the last three days. Which action will best demonstrate the nurse's empathy for this client?
1. Encourage the client's attendance and participation in groups. 2. Focus on the client's strengths to enhance self-esteem. 3. Explore the client's feelings of anger related to powerlessness. 4. Approach the client regularly and spend time with the client.
A patient in myxedema coma has not had a bowel movement for 3 days. The nurse's best intervention would be to
a. administer a Fleet enema. c. administer a stool softener. b. wait 1 more day. d. assess for rectal impaction.
You are a maternal-newborn nurse caring for a mother who just delivered a baby with Down syndrome. Which of the following nursing diagnoses would be the most essential in caring for the mother of this infant?
1. Disturbed body image 2. Risk for interrupted family processes 3. Anxiety 4. Risk for injury
Physical restraints are
A) used for safety with all confused patients. B) never appropriate in the acute care setting. C) methods that restrict movement and access to the body. D) applied immediately if the patient is confused, restless, and upset.