The nurse is caring for a 3-year-old boy with encephalitis. Which of the following actions would demonstrate atraumatic care?
A) Providing EMLA (lidocaine) prior to lumbar puncture
B) Having his anxious mother stay in the waiting room
C) Explaining, in medical terms, what will happen
D) Starting the child's IV in his room
A
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A) keeps members accountable for their practice. B) publishes news about the occupation. C) writes legislation related to the occupation. D) initiates activities that advance the occupation.
You are the clinic nurse caring for a patient who was just told he was cancer free at 5 years after diagnosis. The patient has been told he is a cancer survivor. What is cancer survivorship?
A) The period just after being pronounced cancer-free 5 years after being diagnosed B) The time during which the patient lives with an active diagnosis of cancer C) A phase of cancer care that comes after primary treatment and lasts until cancer recurrence or the end of life D) The end of cancer care
A client with a history of rheumatic heart disease is being evaluated for mitral stenosis. To identify symptoms that support the diagnosis of mitral stenosis, the nurse should ask which of the following questions?
A) "How often do you get short of breath?" B) "Do you have to urinate often during the night?" C) "Have you had a lot of headaches recently?" D) "Do you experience numbness or tingling in your extremities?"
A 35-year-old female client complains of a lightening of her skin color when she moves to a city where the temperature is very low
Based on this information, what can the nurse explain as the best reason for the cause of changes in skin color in the client? A) Low level of calcitriol B) Lack of oxygen in blood stream C) Constriction of capillaries D) Loss of subcutaneous fat