Which is the client most at risk for developing a latex allergy?
a. elderly female with frequent hospitalizations
b. child with spina bifida
c. client undergoing first operative procedure
d. client allergic to environmental allergens
B
Up to 68 % of children with spina bifida, or clients who need multiple surgeries, have a risk of developing allergies to latex (American Latex Allergy Association, 2010). These clients need to avoid exposure to latex products such as gloves, band-aids, rubber bands, condoms, and latex birthday balloons.
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1. Clients diagnosed with transvestic disorder are dissatisfied with their gender, whereas clients diagnosed with gender dysphoria are not. 2. Clients diagnosed with gender dysphoria are dissatisfied with their gender, whereas clients diagnosed with transvestic disorder are not. 3. Clients diagnosed with gender dysphoria avoid all forms of sexual intercourse, whereas clients diagnosed with transvestic disorder do not. 4. Clients diagnosed with transvestic disorder avoid all forms of sexual intercourse, whereas clients diagnosed with gender dysphoria do not.
The nurse preparing the patient for mechanical debridement informs the patient that this will involve:
A) A spontaneous separation of dead tissue from the viable tissue B) Use of surgical scissors, scalpels, or forceps to remove the eschar until the point of pain and bleeding occurs C) Shaving of burned skin layers until bleeding, viable tissue is revealed D) Early closure of the wound
The client says that her menstrual cycles are usually 34 to 35 days long. She asks when she is most likely to be ovulating. What is the nurse's best response?
A. "Because your cycle is so long, you are probably not ovulating." B. "Ovulation usually occurs 14 days after the beginning of menstruation, so you probably ovulate on day 14." C. "Ovulation usually occurs 14 days before beginning the next menstrual cycle, so you probably ovulate on day 20 or 21." D. "Ovulation cannot be predicted in any one person because of the number of per-sonal variables that interfere with this process."
A nurse therapist recently began meeting with a client in an effort to address some of the client's symptom-management strategies. Which of the following actions by the nurse or client represents the working phase of the therapeutic relationship?
A) Setting goals B) Communicating interest in the client C) Identifying past ineffective behaviors D) Reviewing work that has been done