The nurse is functioning in the primary role to care for a 12-year-old boy with metastatic cancer in the liver. Which of the following activities is typical of advocacy?
A) Instructing parents about proper home care
B) Educating the family about choices they have
C) Telling parents about clinical guidelines
D) Teaching the family about types of cancers
B
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A nurse is assessing a patient for risk factors known to contribute to osteoarthritis. What assessment finding would the nurse interpret as a risk factor?
A) The patient has a 30 pack-year smoking history. B) The patient's body mass index is 34 (obese). C) The patient has primary hypertension. D) The patient is 58 years old.
Ear pain related to tenderness over the auricle and ear canal is most commonly related to:
A. Excessive exposure to noise B. Cerumen impaction C. Otitis externa D. Ménière's disease
The family of an older patient who is terminally ill wants to know if the patient can have a massage to help with the pain. How should the nurse respond to the family? Select all that apply.
1. "It might reduce the patient's anxiety." 2. "It might help reduce the patient's pain." 3. "It might help the patient breathe better." 4. "It could help improve the patient's mood." 5. "It could cause the patient more discomfort."
The nurse is planning care for her patients and is concerned about skin breakdown and delayed wound healing
Which of the following patients are likely to be at a higher risk for wound heal-ing should they develop a pressure ulcer? (Select all that apply.) a. An elderly female patient with mobility issues b. A young diabetic patient in traction and on bed rest c. A teenager receiving chemotherapy d. An elderly man with stage IV congestive heart failure e. A middle-aged woman with lupus who is having back surgery but is ambulatory