A nurse examines whether patient interventions have been appropriate and expected outcomes have been met. The nurse is demonstrating which step of the nursing process?
a. Assessment
b. Planning
c. Implementation
d. Evaluation
D
A nurse evaluates the effectiveness of interventions based on the patient's ability to meet established goals and outcomes.
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The operating room environment is deliberately kept cool. When the nurse assesses the patient in the post anesthesia care unit, the patient is shivering. The nurse needs to understand that shivering may do which of the following?
a. Be a side effect of anesthesia. b. Indicate a problem of the hypothalamus. c. Indicate the beginning of the infectious process. d. Be a normal response to stabilize blood pressure.
The nurse understands that the reason U.S. food manufacturers of flours and certain other grain products are required to add folic acid to their product is because folic acid:
a. enhances the flavor of the food. b. deficiencies may cause neural tube defects during pregnancy. c. prolongs the shelf life of the product. d. promotes increased growth in childhood.
Jamison has been prescribed citalopram (Celexa) to treat his depression. Education regarding how quickly selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants work would be:
1. Appetite and concentration improve in the first 1 to 2 weeks. 2. Sleep should improve almost immediately upon starting citalopram. 3. Full response to the SSRI may take 2 to 4 months after he reaches the full therapeutic dose. 4. His dysphoric mood will improve in 1 to 2 weeks.
The nurse is caring for a patient with a sensorineural hearing loss. Which prescribed medications should the nurse question before providing to this patient? (Select all that apply.)
a. Gentamicin b. Furosemide c. Indomethacin d. Acetaminophen e. Warfarin sodium