Serving as a nurse advocate for culturally diverse clients means that the nurse:
A) Helps clients make substantive changes in their health behavior.
B) Makes a decision about which beliefs are wrong and need radical adjustment.
C) Explains western medical concepts so they can better adapt.
D) Supports and defends clients' rights to their medical beliefs and values.
D
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The nurse who is planning the care of this patient should identify which of the following nursing diagnoses? (Select all that apply.) A) Pain, acute, related to drug therapy B) Therapeutic Regimen, Individual, Ineffective Management related to nonadherence to drug treatment C) Altered Protection related to drug-induced hepatitis D) Breathing Pattern, Ineffective, related to TB infection E) Fluid Volume Excess related to TB infection and drug therapy
The caution the nurse should give the client who is taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) as a remedy for arthritis is to
a. avoid taking NSAIDs with milk. b. liberalize fluids while taking NSAIDs. c. take NSAIDs with food. d. watch for manifestations of skin damage.
The client is receiving oxytocin (Pitocin) for induction of labor. Which assessment finding will most likely result in the nurse stopping the infusion?
1. Uterine contractions are continuous and sustained. 2. The vaginal exam reveals that the client is entering transition. 3. The client reports that the uterine contractions are strong in intensity. 4. Uterine contractions occur every 2 to 3 minutes and last 40 to 60 seconds.
Genetic sex is determined by the composition of X and Y chromosomes
Indicate whether the statement is true or false