When the nurse and patient speak different languages, interpreters are often used to facilitate communication. Suggested interpreters include all EXCEPT which of the following?
1. telephone interpreter service
2. client's family or friend
3. bilingual staff
4. volunteer staff or community interpreters
ANS: 2
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a. Airway clearance, ineffective, related to excessive secretions b. Anxiety related to unknown outcome of illness c. Coping, individual, ineffective, related to loss of independence d. Self-care deficit, feeding, related to decreased strength and endurance
A patient is complaining to the nurse that he feels the need to have a bowel movement but has not been able to defecate. He has had cramping and even a small amount of brown watery stool. What should the nurse recognize these symptoms as?
a. Diarrhea b. Fecal incontinence c. Fecal impaction d. Flatulence
Which of the following are included in a comprehensive set of services? Select all that apply
A) Adequate financial support B) Health education C) Encouragement to spend much time alone D) Adult day care programs E) Access to high quality health care services F) In-home services
The nurse is assessing the pulses of a patient with valvular disease and finds "bounding" arterial pulses. What is this finding most characteristic of?
a. Aortic regurgitation b. Aortic stenosis c. Mitral valve prolapse d. Mitral insufficiency