A client who can still make decisions has been diagnosed as having early stage Alzheimer's disease. A low priority goal for the client and family involves
A) deciding on the desired treatment and selecting a healthcare proxy; share the treatment decision with the healthcare proxy.
B) beginning cognitive-enhancing medication, such as cholinesterase inhibitors.
C) setting up the least restrictive protective physical environment in the home.
D) resolving grief over the diagnosis.
D
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While assessing the patient's respiratory rate, the nurse assesses four normal breaths followed by an episode of apnea lasting 20 seconds. How will the nurse document this finding?
A) Eupnea B) Apnea C) Biot's respiration D) Cheyne-Stokes
Which of the following best describes anticipatory grief?
a. It occurs after the actual death. b. It occurs when death was sudden and unexpected. c. Only the family of the dying client experiences it. d. It can be colored by ambivalent feelings.
A patient has second- and third-degree burns, and the nurse is applying silver sulfadiazine (Silvadene) to the burns with each dressing change. The patient reports a burning sensation. The nurse understands that this is
a. a hypersensitivity reaction to the medication. b. an expected adverse reaction to the medication. c. a sign of localized tissue infection. d. a sign of skin necrosis.
You are the nurse preparing a presentation about WHO World Health Statistics Report for 2008. What would you highlight about the statistics in the presentation?
A) Maternal morbidity is declining too slowly. B) The gap in coverage in the four key intervention areas of family planning, maternal and neonatal care, immunization, and treatment of sick children remains wide. C) The number of people living with diabetes mellitus continues to rise but is lower than previously expected. D) Use of insecticide-treated nets to prevent malaria has increased and the poor do benefit from malaria interventions.