During an interview with a 15-year-old female client admitted for depression, the nurse expresses her disappointment when she to learns that the client recently became pregnant and then had an abortion
The nurse is contradicting the effective interview guideline of: a. Paying close attention to the client's nonverbal communication
b. Avoiding making assumptions
c. Avoiding one's personal values that may cloud professional judgment
d. Setting clear client goals
C
This is an example of the nurse allowing his or her personal values to cloud professional judgment and is an ineffective interview technique that leads to a negative nurse–client relationship. The other options are good interview techniques but do not represent this situation.
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Which data will best suggest that the patient is successfully using these techniques to cope more effectively with stress? a. The patient's wife reports that he spends more time sitting quietly at home. b. He reports that his appetite, mood, and energy levels are all good. c. His systolic blood pressure has gone from the 140s to the 120s (mm Hg). d. He reports that he feels better and that things are not bothering him as much.
In the question, "Do Baccalaureate degree–prepared nurses practice more rehabilitative nursing procedures on a client in an ICU than associate degree–prepared nurses?" the independent variable is which of the following?
A) Associate degree–prepared nurses B) Baccalaureate degree–prepared nurses C) Rehabilitative nursing measures D) Type of educational background of nurse
The maxim "Doctors know best":
a. is one of the tenets of participatory medicine. b. was coined by epatient Dave. c. was coined by Gilles Frydman. d. is the paradigm for the paternalistic care model.
The nurse suspects that a patient receiving dronabinol (Marinol) to treat nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy is experiencing adverse effects of the medication. What did the nurse assess to come to this conclusion?
Select all that apply. 1. urine output 50 mL/hr 2. blood pressure 88/62 mmHg 3. complaints of extreme hunger 4. heart rate 112 beats per minute 5. oxygen saturation 96% on room air