You are going to feed a resident. You need to do which of the following?
a. Say a prayer for the person.
b. Sit behind the person.
c. Engage the person in pleasant conversa-tion.
d. Offer fluids after the meal.
C
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In the Parkes model, a person uses denial as a psychological defense in the stage of:
A) numbness. B) yearning. C) disorganization. D) reorganization.
A 35-year-old woman is at the clinic for a gynecologic examination. During the examination, she asks the nurse, "How often do I need to have this Pap test done?" Which reply by the nurse is correct?
A) "It depends. Do you smoke?" B) "This will need to be done annually until you are 65." C) "If you have 2 consecutive normal Pap tests, then you can wait 5 years between tests." D) "After age 30, if you have 3 consecutive normal Pap tests, then you may be screened every 2 to 3 years."
A nurse-midwife, performing a vaginal examination of a client who suspects that she is pregnant, documents the presence of the Chadwick sign. The nurse reads the client's record and interprets this sign as indicating which?
A. A thinning of the cervix B. A positive sign of pregnancy C. That cervical softening is present D. That the cervix was seen to be violet
The nurse is assessing a patient who has returned to the care area after surgery. What should the nurse do to ensure the patient receives appropriate care?
A. Orient the patient to person, place, and time. B. Schedule the patient for vital signs assessments every four hours. C. Assess the patient's mental status. D. Check the physician's orders to see if preoperative orders have been reordered.