A nursing student is assigned to care for a patient diagnosed with schizophrenia. When talking about this patient in a clinical postconference, the student would use which terminology when referring to the patient?
A) Committed patient
B) Schizophrenic
C) Schizophrenic patient
D) Person with schizophrenia
D
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The physician has ordered fibrinolytic agents for a patient with coronary artery disease. What patient diagnosis would the nurse most expect?
A) Posterior wall acute myocardial infarction B) Acute coronary syndrome without ST segment elevation C) Acute ST segment elevation myocardial infarction D) New onset of right bundle branch block
A patient is being cared for by a nurse. The patient has questions regarding what time the surgery is scheduled. When the nurse responds to the question, the nurse is assuming which communica-tion role?
a. Channel b. Receiver c. Message d. Sender
A client with a gastric ulcer and Helicobacter pylori infection is being treated with triple therapy (bismuth, metronidazole, and amoxicillin) and ranitidine (Zantac)
The client asks why ranitidine is necessary, because the triple therapy will treat the cause of the ulcer. What is the nurse's best response? A. "Ranitidine will help to heal the ulcer and prevent recurrence." B. "Ranitidine is a potent antibiotic used to eliminate H. pylori infection." C. "Ranitidine dissolves in the stomach and coats the ulcer so it will heal faster." D. "Ranitidine will help control diarrhea that can result from the triple therapy."
When an 86-year-old client complains of inability to concentrate, uneasiness, lightheadedness, weakness, muscle and joint discomfort, and demonstrates normal temperature, the clinic nurse recalls that
A) Without an elevated temperature, infection is not present B) The client's symptoms are typical of an elderly client C) The elderly can have an infection without a fever D) An infection was present and has dissipated