The nurse is providing discharge teaching for a patient with a spinal cord injury who will be performing intermittent self-catheterizations at home. Which signs and symptoms will the nurse instruct the patient to report immediately to the primary health care provider? select all that apply
A.) dysuria
B.) retention
C.) fever
D.) urgency
E.) foul-smelling urine
F.) back pain
Answer:
C.) fever
E.) foul-smelling urine
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The parents of a child newly diagnosed with diabetes mellitus tell the nurse, "Our son's body is resistant to insulin." With what does the nurse recognize this description is consistent?
a. Type 1, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus b. Type 2, non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus c. Maturity-onset diabetes of youth d. Drug-induced diabetes
A new nurse manager has conducted a series of interviews, but did not use an interview guide. Why would the manager's director be dismayed that no interview guide was used?
1. Each organization has standardized interview questions that must be used. 2. The director has selected questions to ask the interviewee. 3. A list of standardized questions allows for reliability in comparing candidates. 4. The director was not included in the interview process.
During the first interaction with a client, the nurse makes an introduction and identifies the purpose of the interaction. This serves to accomplish which stage of the nurse-patient relationship?
1. Orienting 2. Evaluating 3. Identifying 4. Implementing
A client tells the nurse that she wants to be checked for a bowel infection because she has been constipated. The nurse should instruct this client that constipation is NOT caused by:
a. low-fiber diet. c. diverticular disease. b. dehydration. d. infectious agents.