When preparing a program about substance abuse prevention for adolescents, the community health nurse would focus on which substance as the most commonly used?
A) Marijuana
B) Alcohol
C) Ecstasy
D) Ketamine
B
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When examining a 7-year-old, which action by the nurse would be most appropriate?
1. Allow the child to participate in the exam. 2. Ask the parent what kind of food the child likes to eat. 3. Ask the child whether he plays outside for at least 30 minutes a day. 4. Allow the child to decide whether he is ready for his next immunization.
A nurse on a palliative care unit has attended an educational inservice on ethics. Which of the following statements most accurately describes the concept of ethics?
A) Ethics offers a process that can be used to guide behavior. B) Ethics is the expression of social and culture values, priorities, and norms. C) Ethics is the basis for evaluating personal character. D) Ethics is the tangible application of religious and spiritual truths.
A school-age child diagnosed with congenital heart block codes in the emergency department. The parents witness this and stare at the resuscitation scene unfolding before them. Which is the best nursing intervention in this situation?
1. Asking the parents to help bag the child 2. Asking the parents to sit near the child's face and touch their child 3. Asking the parents to stand at the foot of the cart to watch 4. Asking the parents to leave the room
A drug that is used to treat petit mal seizures but not tonic-clonic seizures and works by decreasing neuronal activity in the motor cortex is
1. diazepam (Valium). 2. valproic acid (Depakote). 3. phenytoin (Dilantin). 4. ethosuximide (Zarontin).