After administering pain medication to a postoperative client, the LPN/LVN returns in 30 minutes to ask the client if relief was obtained. This is an example of which stage of the nursing process?
1. Planning
2. Assessing
3. Evaluation
4. Implementing
5.
3
Rationale 1: To observe or measure client response to nursing interventions is a component of the evaluation process
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Which behavior by the nurse would be considered most professional?
a. Addressing a patient by "dear" b. Wearing small earrings c. Being task oriented d. Avoiding troublesome patients
According to the 2010 Census, the percentage of the 65+ population of White non-Hispanics is at 13%. How will health planning needs be affected by this percentage?
A. This population will have greater demands on the health care system as it ages. B. Planning needs for other segments of the population can be revised downwards. C. There is no need to increase manufacture of childhood immunizations. D. Cultural accommodations for other minority groups can be decreased.
To evaluate the woman's learning about performing infant care, the nurse should:
a. Demonstrate infant care procedures. b. Allow the woman to verbalize the procedure. c. Observe the woman as she performs the procedure. d. Routinely assess the infant for cleanliness.
The clinic nurse understands that the hormone responsible for limiting the maternal immune response to pregnancy is:
A) Prostaglandin B) Human chorionic gonadotropin C) Relaxin D) Progesterone