Which constricts pupils?
a. adrenergic
b. adrenergic blocker
c. cholinergic
d. anticholinergic
Answer: c. cholinergic
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In the compensatory stage of shock, the nurse would need to implement actions to care for the patient who is:
1. irritable and restless. 2. listless and confused. 3. unconscious. 4. anxious and fearful.
The nurse manager is explaining her staffing budget to the hospital administration. The manager has developed a flexible staffing grid. The administration questions the nurse as to why this grid was developed
Which of the following is appropriate? 1. Staff would prefer to make out their own schedules. 2. Nursing shortages and salary constraints have affected staffing patterns. 3. Higher client acuity has contributed to increased staffing. 4. Block staffing allows for peaked workload hours.
The family of a patient whose insurance will not pay for continuing hospitalization considers transferring the patient to a public mental hospital. They express concern that the patient will be "never get any treatment."
Which reply by the nurse would be most helpful? a. "Under the law, treatment must be provided. Hospitalization without treatment violates patients' rights." b. "All patients in public hospitals have the right to choose both a primary therapist and a primary nurse." c. "That's a justifiable concern because the right to treatment extends only to provision of food, shelter, and safety." d. "Much will depend on other patients, because the right to treatment for a psychotic patient takes precedence over the right to treatment of a patient who is stable."
A patient has been in labor for eight hours. She attended child birth classes and asks the nurse every 30 minutes how far she is dilated. How should the nurse respond to her questions?
A) "We need to wait a few more hours before checking your cervix again." B) "The health care provider will have to check you, we can call them." C) "You labor signs have not changed; we are looking for changes in your labor pattern before we check you again." D) "Checking your cervix will not speed up labor, let's wait."