A nurse always addresses patients by the preferred name when entering a patient's home or room. What is the nurse facilitating by this action?
A) a sense of self and worth C) personal strengths
B) reorientation to who they are D) negative self-concept
A
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The nurse manager has identified physical assessment skills lacking in a new registered nurse. Using goal-setting theory, which statement by the manager would be the most effective in enhancing the nurse's assessment skills?
1. "You need to work on your health assessment skills before your next employee evaluation." 2. "Get someone to help you with your health assessment skills by the end of the month." 3. "Read a health assessment book and practice your skills." 4. "Plan to study one body system a week and demonstrate your assessment skills to me every week."
Which of the following statements made by the client indicates understanding related to the informed consent provided for a surgical intervention for a recently diagnosed brain tumor?
A. "Benign brain tumors do not need to be treated." B. "I have the most devastating type of brain tumor—meningioma—and surgery is not appropriate." C. "A brain tumor and the surgery can cause increased pressure in my head, which can lead to more damage to brain tissue." D. "I developed this brain tumor from treatments for my head injury last year when I had my car crash."
The nurse is caring for patients on a cardiac unit. Which patient should the nurse assess first?
A. Patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy who is reporting dyspnea B. Patient receiving antibiotics for bacterial endocarditis who is reporting anxiety and chest pain C. Patient who had a cardiac catheterization and will be ambulating for the first time D. Patient recovering from coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery with a temperature of 101°F
The nurse should understand that Lyme disease is:
a. Difficult to prevent. b. Easily treated with oral antibiotics in stages 1, 2, and 3. c. Caused by a spirochete that enters the skin through a tick bite. d. Common in geographic areas where the soil contains the mycotic spores that cause the disease.