The community client highlights the complexity of the change process. Change for the community client must often occur at several levels because
1. Health problems caused by lifestyle cannot be solved by simply asking individuals to choose health-promoting habits.
2. Most individuals can change their habits alone.
3. Aggregates are responsible for social change.
4. Geographic areas often have health risks that the nurse must identify.
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The patient has a transcutaneous pacemaker in place. Pacemaker spikes followed by QRS complexes are noted on the cardiac rhythm strip. To determine if the pacemaker is working, the nurse must do which of the following?
a. Obtain a 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG). b. Call for a pacemaker interrogation. c. Palpate the pulse. d. Run a 2-minute monitor strip for analysis.
The nurse is caring for an 85-year-old man who lives alone on his farm. The nurse notes that the patient has poor hygiene and that his dress is inappropriate for the time of year
The nurse knows that these findings might be caused by what? (Mark all that apply.) A) Adult onset ADHD B) Medications C) Decreased functional ability D) No water on farm E) Dehydration
The nursing instructor teaches the student nurses about the autonomic nervous system. The instructor determines that learning has occurred when the students make which statement(s)? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Standard Text: Select all that apply
1. "The sympathetic and parasympathetic systems are not always opposite in their effects." 2. "The parasympathetic nervous system is the "fight-or-flight" response." 3. "Sympathetic stimulation causes dilation of arterioles." 4. "The parasympathetic nervous system causes bronchial constriction." 5. "The sympathetic nervous system is activated under stress."