A patient is hospitalized with recurrent gastric ulcers. Which education should the nurse provide?
1. "You may need to consider treating your chronic headaches with some therapy besides NSAIDs [nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs]."
2. "You should try to avoid eating spicy foods."
3. "It is time for you to seriously consider smoking cessation."
4. "You should contact a personal trainer to get your body in shape."
5. "This antibiotic is different in that you only take it until you are pain free."
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a. Speak loudly. b. Speak slowly. c. Do not slow speech. d. Use visual aids. e. Eliminate background noise.
When assisting with PM care for an 82-year-old client recuperating from pneumonia, the nurse observes that the client appears to be uncharacteristically confused, asking "Where am I?"
Which of the following interventions is the most therapeutic for this particular client? 1. Listen for lung sounds. 2. Reorient the client to place. 3. Ask some simple questions to confirm the confusion. 4. Assess the client's pulse oximetry reading on room air.
Which of the following is an example of self-knowledge? The nurse thinks, "I know that I:
a. Should take the client's apical pulse for 1 full minute before giving digoxin" b. Should follow the client's wishes even though it is not what I would want" c. Have religious beliefs that may make it difficult to take care of some clients" d. Need to honor the client's request not to discuss his health concern with the family"
Which disease is an example of a rickettsial infection?
a. Cholera b. Candida c. Sleeping sickness d. Rocky Mountain spotted fever