What is the most important teaching point from the nurse to the older client diagnosed with asthma?
1. It is essential to rinse out the mouth after use of inhaled medications, especially steroids.
2. Asthma is treated with the same types of medications in older clients as in younger clients.
3. Place several rescue inhalers around the house and label them with brightly colored tape.
4. If a metered-dose inhaler is too difficult to use, a nebulizer can be used for treatments.
3. Place several rescue inhalers around the house and label them with brightly colored tape.
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with a traumatic memory from the emotional right side of the brain is known as: a. Hypnosis therapy b. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) c. Shiatsu d. Doshas
Assuming a normal distribution, what range of numbers would include two thirds of the scores if they ranged from 50 to 99, M = 75, and SD = 5? Between
a. 55 and 95 b. 65 and 85 c. 68 and 82 d. 70 and 80
A nurse is aware that members of a particular ethnic group discard the antibody-rich colostrum that a woman produces in the hours and days following the delivery of a baby
Which of the nurse's following actions would demonstrate Leininger's culturally congruent nursing care mode of cultural care repatterning/restructuring? A) Providing commercial infant formula until the woman wishes to begin breastfeeding B) Teaching women from this group about the nutritional and immunological benefits of colostrum C) Ensuring that the other nurses are aware of these women's practices around breastfeeding D) Advocating for the utilization of this practice among women of other cultures
During the rise of patent medicines in America in the 1800s, there were few attempts to regulate drugs. Which statements accurately depict this situation?
1. Patent medicines contained a brand name that clearly identified the product. 2. Patent medicines claimed to cure just about any disease or condition. 3. Patent medicines were often harmless and ineffective. 4. Many patent medicines contained addictive substances. 5. Patent medicines could not make false therapeutic claims.