The nurse is preparing a teaching tool about rest and sleep for a group of college students. What should the nurse explain as the difference between rest and sleep?
A. Hormones are released during rest.
B. Glucose metabolism slows during sleep.
C. Prolonged bed rest can be harmful.
D. Rest and sleep are the same.
Answer: C
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The nurse is administering drugs to neonates and will consider which factor may contribute the most to drug toxicity?
a. The lungs are immature. b. The kidneys are small. c. The liver is not fully developed. d. Excretion of the drug occurs quickly.
The nurse is reviewing a patient's completed pain assessment questionnaire that provides information about the impact of pain on the ability to function. The pain assessment tool the patient completed was most likely the:
1. Brief Pain Inventory. 2. Simple Verbal Descriptive Scale. 3. Visual Analog Scale. 4. Numeric Rating Scale.
The patient tells the nurse, "I thought I was just depressed, but my doctor says I have bipolar disorder. What is that?" What is the best response by the nurse?
1. "Bipolar disorder is just another type of depression, except your depression occurs in cycles." 2. "Bipolar disorder is a type of depression that includes attention deficit disorder symptoms." 3. "Bipolar disorder just means that your mood alternates with the seasons, and it becomes worse in the winter." 4. "Bipolar disorder means you have cycles of depression as well as hyperactivity, or mania."
What procedure should the nurse follow when applying hot therapy to a patient with muscle spasm in response to an acute injury?
a. Apply the source for 20- to 30-minute periods. b. Allow the patient to adjust the temperature for comfort. c. Encourage the patient to move the application. d. Position the patient so that he or she cannot move away from the temperature source.