A family with a chronically ill child r responds to changes in the child's condition with alternating periods of grief and denial. when documenting the behavior, which description is most appropriate?
a. maladaptive grief
b. caregiver role strain
c. chronic sorrow
d. impaired coping
c. chronic sorrow
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The nurse is counting an infant's respirations. Which technique is correct?
a. Watching the chest rise and fall b. Watching the abdomen for movement c. Placing a hand across the infant's chest d. Using a stethoscope to listen to the breath sounds
The health care provider has not ordered the use of a restraint for an alert patient at high risk for falling. The nurse should implement which side rail use?
a. Two full-length rails b. One -length rail c. No side rails d. Four -length rails
A glucose screen should be performed during the initial prenatal examination of women
a. who are underweight. b. without a family history of diabetes mellitus. c. who are under 20 years of age or younger. d. who have delivered a prior macrosomic baby.
You are doing patient teaching for a patient who is scheduled for an appendectomy. You must teach the patient about incision splinting and leg exercises. When is the best time for you to provide teaching?
A) Upon the patient's admission to the postanesthesia care unit (PACU) B) When the patient returns from the PACU C) During the intraoperative period D) Before the surgical procedure