When doing a complete assessment on a patient with a phobia, the nurse would expect which of the following physical manifestations of anxiety?
A) Constricted pupils, increased heart rate, and peripheral vasodilation
B) Constricted pupils, hypoglycemia, and decreased heart rate
C) Dilated pupils, increased heart rate, and peripheral vasoconstriction
D) Dilated pupils, decreased heart rate, and vasodilation
C
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The nurse is caring for a patient who has been belligerent and is in four-point "leather" restraints. The patient is verbally abusive and still tries to kick and punch staff even though he is restrained. The nurse should:
a. ignore the patient's needs until he "calms down." b. strike the patient if necessary to protect herself/himself. c. continue to attempt to meet the patient's needs. d. threaten the patient with retaliation if he doesn't stop.
A young woman has been in an automobile crash that resulted in an amputation of her left lower leg. She verbalizes grief and loss. What knowledge by the nurse is used to provide interventions to help the patient cope?
A) The patient should be grateful to be alive. B) This is a normal, appropriate response. C) This is an abnormal, inappropriate response. D) Tissue healing will help the patient adapt.
Which of the following reflects the major constructs of the nursing paradigm?
A) Health, environment, client, and nurse B) Client, community outreach center, nursing, health, and illness C) Society, medicine, nursing, and interactions among individuals D) Psychosocial development, discipline, nursing, and client
Prior to the insertion of an arterial line in the radial artery, which assessment would the nurse perform?
1. Homan's test 2. Kernig's test 3. Allen's test 4. Leopold's maneuver