A nurse is providing a client who is to undergo ptosis correction at an ambulatory
surgery center with information about the procedure. What information should the nurse
provide to the client?
A) Avoid listening to music during the procedure
B) Discontinue use of any herbal medications
C) Discontinue ibuprofen 1 day prior to surgery
D) Ensure that attendant stays until the end of the procedure
B
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A Native American client describes having difficulty learning as a child, living on a reservation, and
being sent away to the Native American boarding school. He began to use alcohol as a teenager to feel euphoria and escape the feelings of isolation. As an adult he states he feels "stupid and good for nothing.". Gastritis forced him to give up drinking 10 years ago. Recently, he has found some comfort in tribal rituals. In planning care for this client the nurse should realize that he should be offered a program based on a. treatment for both depression and alcohol abuse. b. group discussion of posttraumatic stress disorder. c. holistic principles. d. psychoanalysis.
How should the nurse respond when the parents of a child with cystic fibrosis ask how their male child inherited this autosomal recessive disorder when neither parent has the disease?
A) "Two carriers may pass on the mutation to their child." B) "The disease often skips a generation." C) "The gene for this disorder is on the Y chromosome." D) "Are you sure there is no history of cystic fibrosis in either family?"
Why are women overall at a greater risk for osteoporosis than men?
a. Women now tend to live longer than men. b. Men generally have a larger stature than women. c. Women eat more vegetables and fruits; whereas men eat more meat. d. Women who have been pregnant lose bone density faster than either women who have not had children or men.
To verify that you have the ________ patient in the outpatient setting, you can request the patient's driver's license to compare it to the medication order.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).