When caring for clients who have mental illness, the nurse's priority intervention are focused on:
a. client advocacy c. medication administration
b. client safety d. teaching
B
Client safety is a prior in the care of those with mental illness. Oftentimes, the client's judgment is impaired or the environment may pose a safety risk to the client.
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Pain is difficult to define. The nurse educator is reviewing various definitions of pain with a group of student nurses. Which is the best response by the student nurse about Margo McCaffery definition of pain?
A) Pain is whatever the experiencing person says it is, existing whenever he says it does. B) Client's self-report is the single best indicator of pain. C) A feeling of distress, suffering, or agony, caused by stimulation of specialized nerve endings. D) Its purpose is chiefly protective; it acts as a warning that tissues are being damaged and induces the sufferer to remove or withdraw from the source.
While caring for a patient with mild left-sided weakness who is using a walker for the first time, a nurse should make sure of which of the following? Select all that apply
1. The walker comes up to the patient's hip joint. 2. The patient grips the handles with his or her elbows at a 90-degree angle. 3. The patient stands behind the back legs of the walker. 4. The hand brakes are set before the patient sits in the seat. 5. The patient moves the affected leg forward with the walker, then moves the unaffected leg forward.
The nurse understands that the clinical definition of infertility is failure to conceive after frequent, unprotected sex over what period of time?
a. 6 months b. 12 months c. 18 months d. 24 months
A patient reports frequent headaches to the primary NP. The patient describes the headaches as unilateral and moderate in intensity, accompanied by nausea, vomiting, and photophobia. There is no aura, and the headaches generally last 24 to 48 hours
The NP should: a. prescribe dihydroergotamine (D.H.E. 45). b. prescribe topiramate (Topamax) as migraine prophylaxis. c. recognize these as classic migraines and order sumatriptan (Imitrex). d. suggest treatment with acetaminophen because these are probably tension headaches.