The pediatric nurse is caring for an adolescent with cancer. The parents are interested in complementary therapies and tell the nurse that their daughter has had previous experience with taking supplemental vitamins and practicing yoga
The nurses' best response is:
A) "Cancer patients usually do not take vitamin supplements or participate in yoga."
B) "Cancer patients should be encouraged to take vitamin supplements and participate in yoga."
C) "Cancer patients can benefit from yoga and vitamin supplements. I will ask the physician to review this."
D) "Cancer patients can be harmed by complementary therapies. I strongly recommend against taking vitamin supplements or practicing yoga."
C
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A) Strong exercise tolerance. B) Exhalation volume is normal. C) Healthy lung volumes. D) Obstructive lung disease.
To avoid committing errors in the nursing diagnostic process, the nurse should:
a. limit the amount of assessment data. b. assure that interpretation of data is based on nursing and not on the medical diagnoses. c. consult with a physician to make sure they are interpreting data correctly. d. compare the data collected with a medical diagnostic resource.
A patient is prescribed azithromycin (Zithromax) as an alternative to penicillin
The patient tells the nurse that he experienced nausea and vomiting when he took erythromycin several months ago and asks if he should expect the same effects with azithromycin. Select the nurse's best re-sponse. a. "I need to call your health care provider and ask for a different antibiotic." b. "This drug is like erythromycin but has less severe gastrointestinal side effects." c. "Take the drug with a hearty meal to reduce gastrointestinal side effects." d. "I will get a prescription for an antiemetic in case this drug causes vomiting."
A young male student becomes very hungry during class. He begins thinking of a cheeseburger and fries, his favorite meal. These thoughts will trigger which phase of gastric secretion?
a. Cephalic b. Gastric c. Enteral d. Intestinal