When assessing the speech of an older adult client, which of the following would the nurse expect to find?
A) Repetitive
B) Rapid
C) Moderately paced
D) Loud tone
C
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In the United States, what belief is the hospice movement based on?
A) Meaningful living during terminal illness requires technologic interventions. B) Meaningful living during terminal illness is best supported in designated facilities. C) Meaningful living during terminal illness is best supported in the home. D) Meaningful living during terminal illness is meant to prolong physiologic dying.
A patient has a written document containing medical decisions should the patient be unable to make them as the illness progresses. The nurse understands that the patient has a
1. Durable power of attorney (DPR). 2. Do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order. 3. Living will. 4. Terminal illness.
The nurse recognizes which of the following as an extrapyramidal symptom(s)?
a. photosensitivity c. tics b. rhythmic clonic muscle contractions d. pigmentary changes in the eye
The nurse is caring for a child with acute renal failure. Which clinical manifestation should the nurse recognize as a sign of hyperkalemia?
a. Dyspnea b. Seizure c. Oliguria d. Cardiac arrhythmia