Your 17-year-old client has had above-average grades until this year. Your client did not make a sports team so started hanging out with a different crowd. Your client has been arrested several times for reckless driving and possession of marijuana
You refer your client for counseling. Which of the following nursing diagnoses would be most appropriate?
1. Ineffective health maintenance
2. Ineffective individual coping
3. Risk for infection
4. Delayed growth and development
ANS: 2
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he nurse is reviewing prescriptions for a client with acute radiation syndrome. Which prescription will the nurse verify with the healthcare provider before proceeding?
A) IV normal saline solution for hydration B) Oral prochlorperazine for nausea C) Oral magnesium hydroxide for gastrointestinal prophylaxis D) Subcutaneous filgrastim for bone marrow stimulation
Select the response by the nurse to a 22-year-old woman that best answers her question on why she must take two antibiotics, ceftriaxone (Rocephin) and doxycycline (Vivox), for a gonorrhea infection
a. These two antibiotics taken together lessen the side effects of each other. b. Many people who have gonorrhea also have a Chlamydia infection, and these two medications will eliminate both. c. The medications potentiate each other and are stronger together than separately. d. The course of treatment can be shortened to 5 days when two antibiotics are used.
Which client statement may indicate a transference reaction?
A. "I need a real nurse. You are young enough to be my daughter and I don't want to tell you about my personal life." B. "I deserve more than I am getting here. Do you know who I am and what I do? Let me talk to your supervisor." C. "I don't seem to be able to relate to people. I would rather stay in my room and be by myself." D. "My mother is the source of my problems. She has always told me what to do and what to say."