The promise phase of career development typically reflects how many years of initial nursing employment?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 5
D) 10
Answer: D) 10
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An adolescent who is a vegetarian has been placed on iron supplementation secondary to a diagnosis of iron-deficiency anemia. To increase the absorption of iron, the nurse would instruct the teen to take the supplement with:
1. Orange juice. 2. Black or green tea. 3. Milk. 4. Tomato juice.
A patient ready to leave a substance abuse rehabilitation facility tells the nurse that he understands that he must avoid his former associates and join Nar-Anon in order to find new connections. What stage of hope is this patient exhibiting?
1. Bracing for negative outcomes 2. Continuously evaluating signs to reinforce selected goals and the revision of these goals 3. Developing a realistic appraisal of personal resources and external conditions and resources 4. Making a realistic appraisal of an event and the threat to self
The nurse is caring for a mechanically ventilated patient with a pulmonary artery catheter who is receiving continuous enteral tube feedings. When obtaining continuous hemodynamic monitoring measurements, what is the best nursing action?
a. Do not document hemodynamic values until the patient can be placed in the supine position. b. Level and zero reference the air-fluid interface of the transducer with the patient in the supine position and record hemodynamic values. c. Level and zero reference the air-fluid interface of the transducer with the patient's head of bed elevated to 30 degrees and record hemodynamic values. d. Level and zero reference the air-fluid interface of the transducer with the patient supine in the side-lying position and record hemodynamic values.
An 80-year-old patient with visual and hearing deficits is admitted for hip replacement surgery
The patient has begun to show mild confusion and has become resistant to care and treatment. To minimize this problem, the nurse initially edits the patient's care plan to include: a. frequent reorientation to people in the pa-tient's environment. b. putting on the patient's glasses and hear-ing aid as a part of activities of daily living (ADLs). c. assigning the same staff to provide patient care whenever possible. d. minimizing the number of off-unit trips for the patient.