Which surgical implementation is most effective with retinal detachment?
a. Removing the lens
b. Macular bonding
c. Lasik surgery
d. Scleral buckling
D
Scleral buckling is used to hold the retinal repair in place. The band is left in place to keep to-gether the layers of the eye tissue.
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When planning care for the client experiencing a craniotomy, the nurse provides interventions that will help decrease IICP. Which intervention should the nurse use?
1. Have the client sit in a chair three times a day. 2. Elevate the head of the bed 30 degrees. 3. Apply a cool cloth over the eyes. 4. Prohibit visitation by the family.
After cleft palate repair at 18 months, a child will begin a liquid diet. The best method of introducing this will be to
A) teach the child to use a straw so that drinking is fun. B) feed the child small sips at a time from a spoon. C) offer the child small glasses of fluid at a time. D) give the child large glasses of fluid so that he drinks more.
A student nurse is trying to find out what a mixed methods synthesis is. What is a mixed methods synthesis?
A) Integrate and synthesize both quantitative and qualitative evidence. B) Integrate quantitative evidence. C) Integrate and synthesize qualitative evidence. D) Integrate qualitative evidence.
A former soldier has returned from a tour of duty with posttraumatic stress disorder. During a therapy session, he has been asked to describe some of the scenes he witnessed
Which of the following responses would prompt the nurse to document the client's affect as flat? A) The client describes the death of a fellow soldier in darkly comic terms. B) The client fights back tears when describing a fellow soldier's suffering from injuries. C) The client adamantly refuses to describe what he witnessed overseas. D) The client provides a factual but monotone and nonexpressive description of wartime events.