A client has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. The nurse is able to move the client's arm in a certain position and it will remain in that position until it is moved again
The nurse would document this behavior alteration as which of the following?
A) Avolition
B) Waxy flexibility
C) Loose association
D) Dystonia
B
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The reasonable person standard states that:
a. it takes a reasonable person to maintain a good relationship b. reasonable people tend to have reasonable children and make good partners c. it is used to demonstrate a breach of duty d. it is used by State Boards of Nursing to evaluate the male-female ratios according to clinical position
Because the elderly patient has decreased albumin concentration, the nurse should be alert for what impact on drug therapy?
a. difficulty swallowing tablets b. greater accumulation of fat-soluble drugs c. higher concentrations of protein-bound drugs d. difficulty absorbing an intramuscular dose at a single injection site
A nurse is part of a collaborative management team during a forceps-assisted delivery. Which of the following would be the nurse's primary function during the application of the forceps?
A) Monitoring uterine contractions B) Checking the exact position of the fetal head C) Applying traction intermittently, not continuously D) Disarticulating the blades of the forceps
When a patient who needs to remove his/her pants is unable to assist, cut them off
True False