An advanced practice nurse who uses knowledge and physical, psychosocial, and environmental assessment skills to respond to common health and illness problems is referred to as a(n):
a. Advanced practice nurse
b. Advanced public health nurse
c. Nurse practitioner
d. Clinical nurse specialist
C
A nurse practitioner applies nursing knowledge with physical, psychosocial, and environmental assessment skills.
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A patient who has been pacing actively approaches the nurse and blurts out, "You've got to help me! Something terrible is happening. I'm falling apart. I can't think. I can't get my breath; I feel like I'm dying
What's happening to me?!" Which of the following nursing responses would be appropriate? Select all that apply. a. "You are having a panic episode; I will stay with you until it passes.". b. "It's almost visiting time. I'll help you get your hair combed.". c. "Watch me; I'll show you how to calm by slowing your breathing.". d. "Let's explore your anxiety. Tell me, what has been going on today?" e. "I'll get you some orange juice, and we'll walk together for awhile.". f. "Sometimes anxiety is due to fear. Do you know what you are afraid of?"
Clozapine (Clozaril) is prescribed for a patient with a schizophreniform disorder. Which information would be the most important to include in the teaching plan for this patient?
a. Strategies to manage breast enlargement and nipple discharge b. The importance of promptly reporting flulike symptoms c. Contraceptive measures and expected changes in menstruation d. Proper technique for measuring blood pressure
The community has three components: structure or locale, the people, and the social systems. While doing a community assessment, the nurse seeks data on the average household income and the number of residents on public assistance
In doing so, the nurse is evaluating which of the following? a. Structure b. Population c. Welfare system d. Social system
A nurse is planning care for a client who has an intrapulmonary restrictive lung disorder. The nurse chooses interventions with the understanding that treatment for this disease
a. can assist lung tissue in regenerating. b. is best attained through surgery. c. requires a long course of antibiotics. d. will not reverse the disease process.