A nurse registers for a DSM-IV-TR update workshop. This is an example of adherence to the standard of professional performance that refers to:
a. education.
b. ethical standards.
c. resource utilization.
d. performance appraisal.
A
The standard about education reads as follows: "The psychiatric-mental health nurse acquires and maintains current knowledge in nursing practice.". Nursing conditions include intellectual curiosity, desire for professional growth, and access to new information.
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A client insists that having a "hot toddy" laced with liquor at bedtime helps induce sleep. Which response by the nurse would be the MOST culturally sensitive?
a. "Is that something you learned from a relative or friend?" b. "No one your age should be drinking at bedtime." c. "That is an old wives' tale. The doctor can prescribe a sleep aid if you need one." d. "Alcohol is prohibited while taking this medication."
The nurse should make her care plan to include considerations of cultural similarities, which are:
1. family, educational background, and economic level. 2. subtle communication involving languages. 3. families have strong patriarchal leaders. 4. culture is learned, shared, and expressed similarly among members.
A patient comes into the clinic complaining of "black spots and a curtain dropping" in the right eye. The nurse realizes that this patient is experiencing signs of what health problem?
1. detached retina 2. conjunctivitis 3. sty 4. cataract
The nurse should monitor the client taking carbamazepine for:
a. gingival dysplasia. c. photosensitivity. b. hypersensitivity to benzodiazepines. d. fever and sore throat.