The clinic nurse understands Leininger's concept of caring as specifically including:
Select all answers that apply:
A) Clarification of a patient's health beliefs
B) Reflection on one's own health values
C) Avoidance of judgment in validation
D) Approaching the patient holistically
A, B, C
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a. accompanying visual losses. b. frustration and loneliness. c. hypertension and heart disease. d. impaired physical mobility.
A patient tells the nurse that he had made some decisions about his care when he thought he was going to die, but now that he knows he isn't, he wants all possible medical treatment. Which of the following should the nurse do?
1. Contact the health care provider for the patient to discuss the patient's decision. 2. Document the patient's wishes in the medical record. 3. Tell the patient that he cannot change is mind or treatment plan. 4. Contact social services to discuss the change in plans.
When a patient is using podofilox or imiquimod at home, the nurse should inform the patient:
1. about the methods and frequency of application. 2. that one application will eradicate the infection. 3. that the agents have no side effects. 4. that the therapy will be daily for life.
A client with bipolar disorder is receiving divalproex sodium as part of the treatment plan. When monitoring the client's blood concentration of this drug, which level would alert the nurse to the need to change the dosage?
A) 30 ng/mL B) 55 ng/mL C) 75 ng/mL D) 115 ng/mL