During prenatal classes for expectant parents, the perinatal nurse explains that fetal brain development is most critical during gestational weeks:
A) 2–8
B) 3–16
C) 5–24
D) 6–14
B
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What is a realistic outcome the nurse practitioner would expect of this client near the end of the nurse–patient relationship? A) Expresses feelings of pain and distress B) Verbalizes alteration in physical functioning C) Discusses present health problem with health care provider and family D) Acknowledges physical pain
A nurse who uses the medical diagnosis alone as a basis for making a nursing diagnosis is making which of the following nursing diagnostic errors?
1. error in data collecting 2. error in cue clustering 3. error in interpretation 4. overdiagnosing
A patient who is receiving pain medication around the clock complains of an acute exacerbation of pain. What should the nurse do to help this patient?
1. Provide the medication ordered for breakthrough pain. 2. Talk the patient through the pain. 3. Encourage the patient to ignore the pain. 4. Give the patient a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID).
Your 70-year-old client suffers from severe, escalating pain secondary to metastatic prostate cancer. He has been referred to hospice for palliative care
He believes that the pain will never go away because it is punishment from God for the bad things he has done. Which of the following nursing diagnoses would be appropriate? 1. Ineffective coping 2. Hopelessness 3. Acute pain 4. Chronic pain