The nurse is designing discharge instructions for the parents of a toddler recovering from surgery. What should be included in this teaching? (Select all that apply.)
A) Home care needed
B) Permitted activities
C) Prescribed medications
D) Use of therapeutic play
E) Use of special equipment
Ans: A, B, C, E
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a. Compensation b. Somatization c. Denial d. Fantasy
In which of the following circumstances might the nurse defer obtaining informed consent for care and treatment of a patient?
a. The patient is confused and cannot understand or sign the consent form. b. The patient is brought to the emergency department in cardiac arrest; no family is present. c. The surgeon requests that the patient be sent to the surgical suite before the nurse gets the consent form signed. d. An unconscious patient is admitted to the nurse's unit; he is alone.
Drugs that are receptor agonists may demonstrate what property?
1. Irreversible binding to the drug receptor site 2. Upregulation with chronic use 3. Desensitization or downregulation with continuous use 4. Inverse relationship between drug concentration and drug action
The nursing student addresses an 86-year-old patient by his first name at their initial meeting. To the patient, this behavior
a. is a sign of the nursing student's empathy for the patient. b. could be interpreted as a lack of respect on the part of the student. c. clearly indicates that the student feels comfortable working with the patient. d. indicates that the student is establishing firm boundaries for the relationship.