A client who has smoked for 5 years tells you, "It's all right for me to smoke because I don't have any problems with my lungs." You would initiate a teaching plan for the client incorporating the information that smoking also causes:
1. hypertension.
2. hypotension.
3. vasodilatation.
4. vasoconstriction.
ANS: 4
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The nurse follows which of the following guidelines for writing expected outcomes? Standard Text: Select all that apply
1. Ensure that the expected outcomes are compatible with therapies of other professionals. 2. Combining goals with multiple nursing diagnoses saves time. 3. Avoid statements that start with permit or enable. 4. Use observable, measurable terms. 5. Determine goals based on nurses' values and client health concerns.
A patient with schizophrenia has received typical (first-generation) antipsychotics for a year. His hallucinations are less intrusive, but he remains apathetic, has poverty of thought, cannot work, and is socially isolated
To address these symptoms, the nurse might consult the prescribing health care provider to suggest a change to: a. haloperidol (Haldol). b. olanzapine (Zyprexa). c. diphenhydramine (Benadryl). d. chlorpromazine (Thorazine).
Based on this description, what is the most likely diagnosis?
A 67-year-old lawyer comes to your clinic for an annual examination. He denies any history of eye trauma. He denies any visual changes. You inspect his eyes and find a triangular thickening of the bulbar conjunctiva across the outer surface of the cornea. He has a normal pupillary reaction to light and accommodation. A) Corneal arcus B) Cataracts C) Corneal scar D) Pterygium
The nurse acknowledges that the first-line drug for treating this client's blood pressure might be which drug?
a. Diuretic b. Alpha blocker c. ACE inhibitor d. Alpha/beta blocker