The nurse encourages a patient with larynx cancer that the "near-total laryngectomy" is a new procedure that preserves the ability to __________ and to __________
Fill in the blanks with correct word
speak; swallow
swallow; speak
The new technique does not rob the patients' ability to speak or swallow, which makes rehabili-tation easier.
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The nurse assesses the client's thinking to determine if it is concrete or abstract by:
1. Giving the client a familiar proverb to interpret. 2. Asking the client to subtract nines backwards from 100. 3. Giving the client five objects to recall in five minutes' time. 4. Asking the client to draw either a circle or a square.
During a home care visit, an older adult client states to the nurse, "my wife died 3 years ago." Which client action is a possible indicator that the client is experiencing complicated grief?
A) The client tells the nurse that his wife was an awful cook and that he has eaten better meals since she died. B) The client shows the nurse his wife's craft room and states that it remains just as she left it before she died. C) The client has an album of photographs of his wife open on the living room table. D) The client indicates that he sends his laundry out to be done because he had never figured out how the washer works.
The physician and nurse participate with a patient in making a particularly difficult moral decision. If the decision-making process is properly implemented, which of the following may occur?
a. The goal will be reached. c. Other actions may be required. b. Other dilemmas emerge. d. All of the above
What is a priority nursing intervention for a patient who has just begun antihypertensive treatment with enalapril (Vasotec)?
1. Monitor the patient for headaches. 2. Take the patient's blood pressure. 3. Order a sodium-restricted diet for the patient. 4. Review the patient's lab results for hypokalemia.