A 62-year-old diabetic patient complains of a leg wound that will not heal. The most likely reason this wound is nonhealing is:
A) The patient does not clean it regularly.
B) Clothing rubs against the wound.
C) Circulatory changes associated with diabetes impair healing.
D) The patient is using the wrong treatment to help heal the wound.
C
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The nurse working in a geriatrician's office is admitting a client diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease when the client's daughter says, "I love my Mom, but she is driving me crazy
I have to watch her constantly because she tends to wander, and I am only getting about four hours of interrupted sleep a night. I don't know how much longer I can stand this." The nurse interprets this comment as an indication of: 1. Exhaustion of the caregiver. 2. Caregiver role strain with potential for elder abuse. 3. The need to place the client in a nursing home. 4. A sign that the client is in the end stage of Alzheimer's disease.
When a child is scheduled for a cardiac catheterization, an important health teaching point for parents is that the
A) procedure is noninvasive and not frightening for children. B) child will return with a bulky pressure dressing over the catheter insertion area. C) child will require a general anesthetic and needs to be prepared for this. D) child will have to remain NPO for 6 to 8 hours after the procedure to prevent vomiting.
A nurse notes smoke coming from a garbage can in an otherwise empty nursing station. Which actions should the nurse take? (Select all that apply.)
a. Activate the fire alarm. b. Use a type A fire extinguisher. c. Rescue the patients from the unit. d. Put wet towels along the base of the doors. e. Use a type B fire extinguisher. f. Aim the nozzle at the top of the fire.
Around 1900, the state hospitals in this country had become overcrowded and understaffed. Some people used the term warehousing of clients to indicate that little care was given. At that time, Adolf Meyer recommended which of the following actions?
a. more state hospitals be built in each state b. better medications be developed and made available c. clinics for those who were mentally ill be established in communities d. families take care of their relatives who were mentally ill at home