The nurse is aware that the amount of medication needed to relieve a client's pain depends on which factors?
a. client's height c. type of pain
b. client's culture d. type of surgery
C
The amount of medication needed to relieve pain depends on factors such as the intensity and type of pain and the client's size and age.
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A nurse is providing health education to a patient scheduled for cryoablation therapy. The nurse should describe what aspect of this treatment?
A) Peeling away the area of endocardium responsible for the dysrhythmia B) Using electrical shocks directly to the endocarduim to eliminate the source of dysrhythmia C) Using high-frequency sound waves to eliminate the source of dysrhythmia D) Using a cooled probe to eliminate the source of dysrhythmia
Physiological changes that can be associated with stress include:
A) Constricted pupils B) Decreased blood sugar C) Tachycardia D) Bradypnea
Your patient is receiving carmustine, a chemotherapy agent. A significant side effect of this medication is thrombocytopenia. What symptom would the nurse assess for in a patient at risk for thrombocytopenia?
A) Interrupted sleep pattern B) Hot flashes C) Nose bleed D) Increased weight
Mrs. Webb is a 38-year-old patient who has been changing her lifestyle to eat in a healthy way and lose weight. During your health promotion education regarding her nutritional status, you explain the function of dietary protein as:
a. providing an energy source for the brain. b. building and maintaining tissues. c. participating in specific detoxifying me-tabolic pathways. d. synthesizing and regulating hormones.