What is the first step in helping patients to increase adaptability?
a. Assess past methods of coping with stress.
b. Suggest using past coping strategies.
c. Determine external coping strategies.
d. Determine what the patient perceives as stressful.
A
Nurses can help patients deal with stress by identifying the patient's usual methods of coping or adapting.
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1. Reward power 2. Information power 3. Legitimate power 4. Expert power 5. Referent power
A variety of performance feedback mechanisms and tools exist. Which of the following is not a performance feedback mechanism a new nurse may encounter?
a. 365-degree feedback c. formal performance feedback b. preceptor feedback d. informal performance feedback
A nurse is caring for a client with irritable bowel syndrome. The physician has prescribed polycarbophil to the client. The nurse would administer this drug cautiously if the client's history revealed which of the following?
A) Abdominal pain B) Pseudomembranous colitis C) Rectal bleeding D) Intestinal obstruction
Nurses weave the individualization of the patient interview through all aspects of the encounter. The nurse should avoid assuming that patients follow cultural beliefs. In place of making this assumption, what should a nurse do?
A) Assess the degree to which the patient perceives the cultural beliefs B) Assess how acculturated the patient is C) Know the mores of the culture D) Know his or her own cultural beliefs