The patient tells the nurse, "I'm so nervous. I want to be knocked out for the surgery so that I don't know what is going on." When the nurse communicates with the surgeon and anesthetist, she tells them that the patient desires which type of anesthesia?
1) Conscious sedation
2) General anesthesia
3) Local anesthesia
4) Regional anesthesia
ANS: 2
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A nurse is studying personality disorders. What statement would indicate that the nurse can differentiate between personality traits and personality disorders?
1. "Personality traits are persistent behavior traits that do not significantly interfere with an individual's life." 2. "Personality traits are lifelong maladaptive patterns." 3. "Personality traits are rigid, stereotyped behavioral patterns." 4. "Personality traits are enduring and deviate from societal norms."
After years of caregiving in the home, a family has recently moved their family member to a nursing home. Which of the following would be appropriate nursing actions at this time?
1. An assessment of the core process of celebration 2. Emphasize the family's opportunities, since the nursing home will replace the family member's caregiving responsibilities. 3. An assessment for ambiguous loss in the core process of cathexis 4. Use motivational interviewing techniques to guide family behavioral changes.
The nurse is determining if a patient recovering from abdominal surgery is a candidate for home care. Which information should the nurse use to help make this decision?
Select all that apply. 1. The patient needs intermittent skilled nursing care. 2. The patient prefers to use an agency that is Medicare certified. 3. The patient plans to attend the upcoming senior citizen bingo night. 4. The patient can walk to a shopping mall to do banking and purchase groceries. 5. The patient is unable to change the abdominal wound dressing because of limited upper-extremity mobility.
A nurse is participating in a community education program. The nurse explains that premenopausal women should perform breast self-examination (BSE):
A) shortly after the menstrual period. B) just before the menstrual period. C) during the menstrual period. D) during ovulation.