A nurse recognizes that a patient is homeless and must walk great distances to obtain food. According to Orem's theory, this patient has what kind of need?
a. Health-deviation need
b. Developmental need
c. Universal need
d. Health continuum need
C
Orem considers self-care as meeting one's own basic needs, including the self-care requisites of universal, developmental, and health-deviation needs. A universal need is an essential require-ment for everyone: food, shelter, air, water, and other basic needs. A developmental need, such as trust, love, and belonging, changes as a person moves through each life-cycle period. A health-deviation need is based on an individual's genetic or constitutional deviations from nor-mal.
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A client is 2 days postoperative from mitral valve replacement and is in pain at an 8 on a 0 to 10 scale. What interventions can the nurse provide to control the pain before getting to this level? Select all that apply
A) Suggest the client be placed on a patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pump. B) Administer a non-narcotic analgesic between prescribed doses of narcotic analgesics. C) Administer the pain medication prior to the pain becoming severe. D) Wait until the client asks for the pain medication. E) Administer the narcotic analgesic more frequently.
Order: Replace every 2 mL of urine output with 1 mL of water via g-tube. The client's urine output is 350 mL. How many mL of water would you administer?
1. 175 mL 2. 350 mL 3. 700 mL 4. 17.5 mL
Planning care for a patient with Menorrhagia would include education on all except:
1. Blood count, iron level, and platelet count levels. 2. Blood loss of greater than 80mL is considered a heavy volume. 3. Encouraging a diet of food rich in iron during menses. 4. Avoiding fluid intake with episodes of Menorrhagia.