The nurse is reviewing phase II of the cycle of abuse with a client. Which information should the nurse discuss?
A. The tension prior to the abuse is building.
B. The perpetrator is threatening.
C. The perpetrator becomes loving and kind.
D. The abusive incidence occurs.
Answer: D
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The nurse is working with a nursing assistant to care for several postoperative patients. Which interventions can the nurse delegate to the assistant for completion? (Select all that apply.)
a. Assess patients' comfort levels and need for pain medication. b. Empty urinary catheter bags and record urine output. c. Teach patients how to use incentive spirometers hourly. d. Provide ice chips and juice to patients who are no longer NPO. e. Monitor incisions for signs of infection. f. Applying TED hose and assisting with oral care.
When compared with benzodiazepines, buspirone (BuSpar) stands out as unique among antianxiety drugs because of what factor?
A) Increases the central nervous system (CNS) depression of alcohol and other drugs. B) Lacks muscle relaxant and anticonvulsant effects. C) Causes significant physical and psychological dependence. D) Rapidly absorbed from the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and metabolized in the liver.
The community health nurse is teaching a group of adults about crisis experienced by various populations. Which statement by one of the group members indicates that the nurse's teaching has been effective?
1. "A good example of an adventitious crisis is a complicated divorce." 2. "I will be aware that maturational crisis may occur more frequently among my older adult patients." 3. "Patients with chronic illness are at greater risk for situational crisis than individuals without chronic illness." 4. "Adventitious crisis may occur in patients who have miscarried during pregnancy or have delivered a preterm infant."
Constant changes in health care and its delivery creates challenges for clinicians to keep abreast of the latest evidence-based practice (EBP) findings and recommendations
What can health care professionals do in order to narrow the time in synthesizing research from the "bench" to the client's "bedside"? Select all that apply. 1. Use available toolkits to locate existing guidelines and develop EBP guidelines. 2. Locate nursing research Web links. 3. Enroll in a doctoral program. 4. Foster health care informatics skills. 5. Join a focused online discussion group to help identify specific areas for EBP or original research.