After having a stroke, an elderly patient is unsteady on his feet and cannot walk across the room without assistance. The nurse recognizes that which sensation is most likely impaired in this patient?
A) Visceral
B) Proprioceptive
C) Exteroceptive
D) Visual
B
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When speaking to a group of high school students, the rehabilitation nurse instructs that spinal cord injuries resulting in paralysis occur mainly as the result of traumatic accidents in:
a. middle-aged men. b. older adult females. c. young males. d. young females.
Evaluation of the effect of nurse staffing on quality patient, financial, and organizational outcomes is known as:
a. patient acuity. b. staffing effectiveness. c. nurse-to-patient ratio. d. nursing workload.
The nurse is completing a psychosocial assessment. Which of the following would be an example of a social component of the client assessment?
A) Vital signs B) Behavior C) Affect D) Awareness
The client is to apply topical 5-fluorouracil to a lesion diagnosed as actinic keratosis. The nurse would explain that the client should expect the skin to develop
a. desquamation. b. dryness. c. erosion and necrosis. d. itching.