A 75-year-old client is recovering from abdominal surgery. The physician has ordered morphine 2 to 6 mg every 4 hours prn for pain. As the nurse plans to administer this medication, what intervention would the nurse choose to administer this drug to an older person?
A) administer the highest dose of 6 mg
B) administer the lowest dose of 2 mg
C) avoid the narcotic for risk of addiction
D) administer the dose only when the client asks for the medication
B
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A nurse is completing a health history with a client. Which of the following questions would be most important to include?
a. How many alcoholic drinks do you have in a day? b. How many sexual partners have you had in the past month? c. What nonprescription drugs do you take on a routine basis? d. What kinds of tobacco do you use daily?
An older adult client is prescribed a topical antifungal medication to treat a skin infection. The client comes back to the clinic in 7 days and informs the nurse that the treatment was not effective
What does the nurse know can occur in the older adult client with topical drugs? A) Age-related changes to the skin could decrease the absorption of topical drugs. B) Older adult clients are often not compliant with medication administration. C) The drug absorption is increased and does not give the medication time to work on the skin infection. D) The bacteria may be resistant to the medication.
Your patient is 2 days postoperative after a total hip replacement. Which of the following statements would tell you, the nurse, that the patient understands the discharge teaching?
1. "I won't cross my legs until I get home." 2. "I will have my husband tie my shoes for me." 3. "At home, I will use my scatter rugs." 4. "I will use my splints that the therapist gave me."
How might immigration contribute to income inequality in the United States?
1. Many immigrants' willingness to do jobs for less money than native-born residents 2. Being the primary income earners in the family 3. Advocating for higher minimum wages 4. A willingness to join labor unions as in previous immigrant trends