When discussing lifestyle changes with an adult patient diagnosed with hypertension, the nurse advises that the patient should avoid tobacco use because smoking:
A) Causes high blood pressure
B) Increases the risk of heart disease
C) Causes obesity
D) Increases cardiac output
Ans: B
Feedback: Smoking does not cause high blood pressure, but it does increase the risk for heart disease. A patient with hypertension is already at an increased risk of heart disease.
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a. Gloves are the only personal protective equipment worn when changing dressings that are in direct contact of body fluids. b. Family members only have to wear a gown when visiting a patient because masks will increase anxiety in the patient. c. Changing gloves and hand washing should be done when moving from area to area on the same patient. d. Sharing of equipment between patients in the same room does not show evidence of cross-contamination.
A client is brought into the emergency department with a body temperature of 95.2 ° F
If the normal body temperature is 98.6 ° F, how far below normal was the client's temperature? _____
Before giving permission for any procedure, a patient must have full knowledge about what will be done during the procedure along with its risks and complications. This is called:
a. patients' rights. b. advance directive. c. informed consent. d. patient protection.
A woman who is a victim of severe emotional violence tells the nurse that her husband abuses her
most often when he is intoxicated, just as his father had beaten him and his mother. She states he is always apologetic and remorseful after an incident. She has considered leaving home with her two children but has not been able to bring herself to actually leave. The stage in the cycle of violence that prevents her from leaving her husband is the a. tension-building stage. b. acute battering stage. c. honeymoon stage. d. recovery stage.