A client has a fissure on her finger due to chafing. The client asks "How long will it be painful?" The nurse explains that the inflammation phase will last
A) 3 days
B) 5 days
C) 7 days
D) 2 weeks
Ans: A
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A nurse is trying to determine a client's reading level. Which of the following actions should be taken by the nurse?
a. Ask the client if he/she finds it useful to have someone help when receiving written materials from the physician. b. Ask the client to assess his or her own health literacy and give examples. c. Determine the number of years of formal education the client completed. d. Use a literacy assessment tool, many of which are in the literature.
A hospital patient has been ordered a sliding scale of Humulin R for the duration of her admission
The patient's medication administration record specifies the first administration time of the day at 08:00 and the nurse knows that breakfast trays typically arrive on the unit between 07:45 and 07:50 . When should the nurse administer the patient's insulin? A) 07:30 B) 07:45 C) 08:00 D) 08:15
When subordinates resist delegation, the delegator must ascertain why the delegated task was not accomplished and take appropriate action to remove these restraining forces
What restraining force occurs when a subordinate simply needs to test the water and determine what the consequences are of not completing a delegated task? A) Failure of delegator to see subordinate perspective B) Subordinate incapable of completing the task C) Subordinate inherent resistance to authority D) Overdelegation of specificity of the task
The nurse is discussing diet planning with a client who takes insulin as treatment for type 2 diabetes mellitus. What should the nurse encourage this client to do?
a. Adjust carbohydrates for snacks, but only eat them if hungry between meals. b. Eat a larger snack if hunger occurs in the middle of the day and skip the next meal c. Subtract several servings of carbohydrates from the daily meals and use them for snacks. d. Add several servings of carbohydrates as snacks throughout the day without adjustments to meals.