A nurse is instructing a hospitalized client with a diagnosis of emphysema about measures that will enhance the effectiveness of breathing during dyspneic periods. Which of the following positions will the nurse instruct the client to assume?
A) Sitting up in bed
B) Side-lying in bed
C) Sitting in a recliner
D) Sitting on the side of the bed and leaning on an overbed table.
D
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The nurse is teaching a family member about various types of complementary therapies that might be effective for relieving the dying client's anxiety and restlessness
Which statement made by the family member indicates understanding of the nurse's teaching? a. "Maybe we should just hire an around-the-clock sitter to stay with Grandmother." b. "I have some of her favorite hymns on a CD that I could bring for music therapy." c. "I don't think that she'll need pain medication along with her herbal treatments." d. "I will burn therapeutic incense in the room so we can stop the anxiety pills."
Regulation of intracranial pressure is explained by the Monro-Kellie doctrine. Based on this doctrine, under normal circumstances, if a patient's brain volume increases, what compensatory change does the nurse expect?
A) Reduction of cerebral blood volume B) Increased cerebrospinal fluid volume C) Increased cerebrospinal fluid production D) Elevation of systemic blood pressure
Using Freud's personality theory, the nurse recognizes a strong ego when a patient:
a. laughs at himself for being foolish. b. continually boasts of his accomplishments. c. apologizes continually. d. insists that the TV channel stay tuned to CNN.
A client informs the nurse that he has been diagnosed with degenerative joint disease of the fingers but now has these bumps on his fingers that don't hurt. The nurse observes bony nodules on the distal interphalangeal joints
What type of "bumps" does the nurse understand these are? A) Rheumatoid nodules B) Tophi C) Bouchard's nodes D) Heberden's nodes