A 49-year-old woman experienced postsurgical respiratory depression and was given caffeine to stimulate the respiratory system. The patient is now irritable, excited, and unable to sleep. She is also complaining of a headache and muscle twitching
Appropriate nursing diagnoses for the patient would include which of the following? (Select all that apply.)
A) Disturbed Sleep Pattern
B) Anxiety
C) Deficient Fluid Volume
D) Imbalanced Nutrition
E) Nonadherence to Therapeutic Regimen
A, B
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According to Worden, how could this intervention affect the woman's grieving task completion? 1. This intervention may hamper the woman from continuing a relationship with her infant. 2. This intervention would help the woman forget the sorrow and move on with life. 3. This intervention communicates full support from her neighbors. 4. This intervention would motivate the woman to look to the future and not the past.
A nursing student, who maintained a 4.0 GPA since starting nursing school, started working the past semester, is planning a wedding, and has moved into a new home
The student has not been able to maintain the 4.0 GPA this semester, and as a result is feeling like a failure. How is this loss best described? a. Maturational b. Situational c. Actual d. Perceived
A patient has been admitted to the emergency department after experiencing a chemical burn to the eye in an workplace accident. Which of the following interventions will be included in this patient's plan of care? Select all that apply
A) Eye irrigation until eye pH normalizes B) Eye range-of-motion exercises to preserve function C) Manual cleansing of the cornea with sterile gauze D) Instillation of antibiotics E) Application of an eye patch following immediate treatment
Which of the following misconceptions is common in patients in pain?
A) "I will get addicted to pain medications." B) "I need to ask for pain medications." C) "The nurses are here to help relieve the pain." D) "I do not have to fight the pain without help."