Parents of a 5-year-old child diagnosed as cognitively impaired have come to the nurse to discuss different approaches to the ongoing care of their child. The nurse suggests focusing on skills relative to:
a. acquiring job skills.
b. making decisions.
c. performing self-care activities.
d. reading and doing simple math.
C
The cognitively impaired child should be encouraged to learn simple skills for doing self-care.
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a. Sixty-five percent of U.S. men are overweight or obese. b. Obesity rates have slightly lowered over the past decades. c. The United States spent over $147 billion in medical care costs associated with obesity in 2008. d. Sixty-four percent of U.S. women are overweight or obese.
The nurse is applying traction to a patient. Which of the following is an appropriate example of proper traction use?
A) Knots in the rope should not be resting against pulleys. B) Weights should rest against the bed rails. C) The end of the limb in traction should be resting against the bed's footboard. D) Skeletal traction may be removed.
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1. these are all over-the-counter medications that must be used with caution. 2. medication effectiveness will be enhanced with adequate patient hydration of more than 2 quarts of water per day. 3. these preparations frequently cause adverse effects, and the patient should not take them without consulting a physician. 4. patients may expect to develop fever, swollen lymph nodes, and tightness in the chest when taking these products.
When discussing the advantages and disadvantages of spinal anesthesia with a client in labor, which of the following would the nurse include as a disadvantage?
A) Lack of sensation of urge to push B) Passage of the drug through the placenta C) Large dose volume needed D) Delayed onset of action of the drug