A mother brings her daughter to the community clinic with severe epitaxis. She tells the nurse that her daughter has been experiencing several nosebleeds a day and has had occasional bleeding from her oral cavity the past few days
The nurse notes that the patient has several bruises on her arms and legs. The nurse is aware that the patient's symptoms are indicative of:
A) sickle cell disease.
B) von Willebrand disease.
C) ideopathic thrombocytopenia purpura.
D) disseminated invravascular coagulation.
B
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A female client hospitalized for an unrelated problem has a large pearly-white lesion on her lip, to which she continues to apply lipstick that she will not remove for inspection
The client refuses to discuss the lesion with the nurse or health care provider. What action by the nurse is best? a. Ask the client why her appearance is so important. b. Ignore the lesion since the client will not discuss it. c. Inform the client that early-stage cancer is curable. d. Work with the client to establish a trusting relationship.
The leader of the task force group announces that tentative plans for Nurses' Week activities have been approved by the hospital administration. The task force has also been given a new task of developing criteria for the nursing awards
What must the group accomplish now? 1. Forming 2. Adjourning 3. Rebuilding 4. Re-forming
A home health nurse prepares to teach a Latino patient who neither speaks nor reads English how to measure and administer insulin. Which teaching tool should be the most helpful?
a. Booklet from the American Diabetes As-sociation explaining the effects of too much or too little insulin b. Nutrition pamphlet explanation discussing amounts of each food group needed each day c. Alarm clock, magazine pictures showing sunrise and sunset, several clean insulin syringes, and insulin bottles filled with colored water d. Large sheet explaining the need for wash-ing hands, times, amounts of insulin to inject, and the nurse's home phone number
A mother confides to the nurse that her live-in boyfriend knocked down her 2-year-old child because he was crying too much. She begs the nurse not to tell anyone because her boyfriend has agreed to take anger management classes
Which of the following actions should be taken by the nurse? a. Abide by the mother's wishes because this information was provided in confidence. b. Arrange for counseling for the boyfriend at the earliest possible availability. c. Encourage the mother to take the child and find alternate housing right away. d. Report the incident to child protective services or other appropriate legal authority.