The nurse is aware that a fall prevention exercise program for the residents in a long-term care facility is focused on:
a. improving balance.
b. use of assistive devices.
c. improving circulation.
d. increase in the knowledge base about falls.
ANS: A
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The parents of a school-aged child with school phobia have taken her to three different psychiatrists trying to resolve this problem. Based on this, which of the following nursing diagnoses would be most appropriate?
A) Disturbed thought processes related to difficulty in school adjustment B) Compromised parental coping related to inability to enforce school attendance C) Noncompliance with expected school behavior related to school phobia D) Ineffective tissue perfusion, cerebral, related to anxiety over attending school
A student is in the last semester of nursing school. The student interprets nursing as
a. knowledge of past experiences. b. the medical model of health care. c. a science based on the principles of biol-ogy and medicine. d. a science based on scientific research pro-viding practice answers.
A nurse is caring for a pediatric patient who appears anxious. To help decrease the patient's anxiety, the nurse should do which of the following? Select all that apply
1. Encourage the child to ask questions. 2. Send home toys so they do not get lost. 3. Refrain from using medical terminology. 4. Encourage the parent to stay with the child. 5. Provide a long explanation of the child's diagnosis.
A client who has been abused is talking with an emergency department nurse. Which nursing statement indicates a firm knowledge base related to domestic violence?
A) "Power and control are central to the dynamic of domestic violence." B) "Abused women must have dependent personality disorders because they can't live without abusive men." C) "Abused women will always be attracted to abusive men." D) "Abuse starts very early in the relationship. I'm not sure why women stay so long."