When evaluating a patient's risk for cerebrovascular accident, which patient would the nurse identify as being at highest risk?
A) 42-year-old Caucasian woman who smokes
B) 68-year-old African American male with hypertension
C) 55-year-old Caucasian male who has two beers a week
D) 35-year-old African American who has sleep apnea
B
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Which individual can help the client prepare for the adjustment to life with a fecal diversion?
a. client's personal physician b. skin care nurse c. wound, ostomy and continence nurse d. fecal diversion nurse
A nurse is assessing a postpartum woman. Which finding would cause the nurse to be most concerned?
A) Leg pain on ambulation with mild ankle edema B) Calf pain with dorsiflexion of the foot. C) Perineal pain with swelling along the episiotomy D) Sharp stabbing chest pain with shortness of breath
To turn off the faucets, use:
a. Your clean hands b. A clean paper towel for each faucet c. The paper towel used for drying your hands d. The same paper towel for each faucet
Which of the following statements is not true about suicide?
1. Almost four men commit suicide for every woman who commits suicide. 2. More than half of all suicides are by firearms. 3. The group with the highest suicide rate is African Americans ages 25 to 50 years. 4. Women are twice as likely as men to attempt suicide.