The nurse is assessing a client with the inability to move their fourth and fifth fingers. The nurse notes severe flexion in both of the affected fingers but no complaints of pain during palpation. Based on this data, which diagnosis should the nurse suspect?
A. Carpal tunnel syndrome.
B. Osteoarthritis.
C. Dupuytren contracture.
D. Bursitis.
Answer: C
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While caring for the client with a mental illness, which action by the psychiatric–mental health nurse best indicates use of Hildegard Peplau's nursing theory?
1. Establishing a therapeutic nurse-client relationship 2. Intervening to enhance the client's abilities to perform self-care 3. Assessing client's interactions with their environment 4. Evaluating the effectiveness of the client's coping and adaptation skills
You are caring for a patient with a history of chronic angina. The patient tells you that after breakfast he usually takes a shower and shaves. It is at this time, the patient says, that he tends to experience chest pain
What might you counsel the patient to do to decrease the likelihood of angina in the morning? A) Shower in the evening and shave before breakfast. B) Skip breakfast and eat an early lunch. C) Take a nitro tab prior to breakfast. D) Shower once a week and shave prior to breakfast.
Choose the greatest value in each set:
a. 0.1 b. 0.001 c. 0.01 d. 1
The nurse assesses that the patient is in shock based on the findings of:
1. lack of urine output in the last hour, thready pulse, shallow respirations, decreased BP, and patient crying softly. 2. failure of the neurological system, thready pulse, decreased respirations, de-creased BP, and decreased LOC. 3. failure of the renal system with bounding pulse, shallow respirations, decreased BP, 300 mL urine in the last hour, displaying unfounded anger. 4. unable to arouse patient, temperature 99.2º F, pulse 100, respiration 30, BP 120/78.