A nurse is asked to attend to a client with multiple injuries following an accident. Which
is an indication for applying an elastic roller bandage to the client?
A) Rib injuries
B) Bleeding from abdominal wounds
C) Abdominal surgery
D) Sprained ankle
B
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After teaching a group of nursing students issues and problems commonly associated with antiparkinson drug therapy, the instructor determines that the teaching was successful when the students identify which nursing diagnosis as common?
Select all that apply. A) Risk for Injury B) Risk for Infection C) Diarrhea D) Impaired Physical Mobility E) Imbalanced Nutrition: More Than Body Requirements
Which statement to the nurse by a pregnant patient would indicate that the patient understood the teaching?
1. "Because of their birth relationship, fraternal twins are more similar to each other than if they had been born singly." 2. "Identical twins can be the same or different sex." 3. "Congenital abnormalities are more prevalent in identical twins." 4. "Identical twins occur more frequently than fraternal twins."
To avoid cultural conflicts with a client, the nurse should:
A. Assure him that he is receiving quality health care. B. Provide the client with information about the dominant culture. C. Ask the client about his expectations about nursing care and procedures. D. Thoroughly explain necessary nursing interventions that might cause the client embarrassment.
The recently widowed 65-year-old man has told the nurse that he is so lost without his wife that he is planning to retire, sell his home, and move to a retirement village in another state. The nurse is aware that such a plan is:
a. positive, because it represents a new beginning. b. positive, because it allows him more time to resolve his grief. c. risky, because he is giving up significant supports to his self-image and grief resolution process. d. negative, because he has not thought his plan through.