A client with AIDS has returned to his family's home for care. The caregiver asks for advice about foods to offer the client. Which of the following is the best answer to give?
1. "Give him whatever he wants because he does not have long to live."
2. "If he is on many medications, he may be permitted only a special formula for nutrition."
3. "Avoid fresh fruits and vegetables that are eaten without paring or cooking."
4. "A well-balanced, varied diet is best unless he develops intolerances to foods."
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Virginia Henderson defined nursing as:
1. focusing on the nurse-patient relationship. 2. the intersection of caring, core and cure. 3. meeting the needs of the patient as defined by the patient. 4. doing for patients what they would do for themselves if they had the necessary knowledge, will, or strength.
Fasciculation occurs after injury to a muscle's:
a. venous return. b. motor neuron. c. strength. d. tendon.
When a nurse is evaluating the components of an educational program. Which of the following best describes the action that is being taken by the nurse?
a. Short-term evaluation b. Educational product c. Process evaluation d. Long-term evaluation
The charge nurse is concerned with reducing the stressors of hospitalization. Which nursing intervention is most helpful in decreasing the stressors for the toddler-age client?
1. Assign the same nurse to the toddler as much as possible. 2. Let the child listen to an audiotape of the mother's voice. 3. Place a picture of the family at the bedside. 4. Encourage a parent to stay with the child.