The nurse is assessing the family of a pediatric client who has been confined to bed after an accident. Adaptation is expressed by: Standard Text: Select all that apply
1. Effective coping
2. Ineffective coping
3. Appropriate behavior
4. Minimization
5. Undoing
1,3
Rationale: Effective coping is a an expression of adaptive behavior.
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The nurse is reviewing charts for quality improvement. A client experienced a complication during labor. The nurse is uncertain if the labor nurse took the appropriate action during the situation
What is the best method for the quality improvement nurse to determine what the appropriate action by the nurse should have been? 1. Call the nurse manager of the Labor and Delivery unit and ask what the nurse should have done. 2. Ask the departmental chair of the obstetrical physicians what the best nursing action should have been. 3. Examine other charts to find cases of the same complication, and determine how it was handled in those situations. 4. Look in the policy and procedure book, and examine the practice guidelines published by a professional nursing organization.
The nurse visits an older client who lives alone, is not eating well and has very little food available in the home. The nurse also might want to assess the client's:
1. number of visits by family. 2. ability to do her own grocery shopping. 3. availability of local grocery stores. 4. access to local restaurants.
A nurse is preparing an educational session with parents of newborns. Which of the following would be included in the teaching in relation to the differences seen in newborns and their gastrointestinal system? Select all that apply
1. Newborns have increased peristalsis. 2. Newborns get more gas in the abdomen. 3. Swallowing is voluntary at birth. 4. Newborns have decreased peristalsis. 5. Newborns have a smaller stomach capacity.
Which client will be most receptive to teaching about nonpharmacologic pain control methods?
a. Gravida 1, para 0, in transition b. Gravida 2, para 1, admitted at 8 cm c. Gravida 1, para 0, dilated 2 cm, 80% effaced d. Gravida 3, para 2, complaining of intense perineal pressure