When the advanced practice nurse applies nursing knowledge with physical, psychosocial, and environmental assessment skills to respond to common health and illness problems, the nurse is referred to as a(n):
1. Advanced practice nurse
2. Community health nurse specialist
3. Nurse practitioner
4. Public health clinical nurse specialist
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A nurse practitioner applies nursing knowledge with physical, psychosocial, and environmental assessment skills.
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A nurse assesses a client with Alzheimer's disease who is recently admitted to the hospital. Which psychosocial assessment should the nurse complete?
a. Assess religious and spiritual needs while in the hospital. b. Identify the client's ability to perform self-care activities. c. Evaluate the client's reaction to a change of environment. d. Ask the client about relationships with family members.
A burn that is dry, pale, and waxy is classified as a
A) superficial partial-thickness burn. B) full-thickness burn. C) superficial burn. D) deep partial-thickness burn.
A client tells the nurse that she wants to be checked for a bowel infection because she has been constipated. The nurse should instruct this client that constipation is NOT caused by:
a. low-fiber diet. c. diverticular disease. b. dehydration. d. infectious agents.
An appropriate technique for the nurse to implement during nasogastric tube insertion is to:
A. Rotate the tube if resistance is felt B. Advance the tube in between swallows C. Start with the client's head flexed D. Check the tube placement by instilling air and auscultating over the stomach