A nursing student is initiating a relationship with an assigned patient. After meeting and spending approximately 20 minutes talking with the patient, the student makes arrangements to visit again after lunch
After lunch, fellow classmates invite the student to go to the gym with them and a group of patients to play volleyball. The student starts to go with them but then remembers the promise to meet with the patient. The student decides to stay behind and talk to with her patient. The student's decision reflects which ethical principle?
A) Autonomy
B) Beneficence
C) Fidelity
D) Veracity
C
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A) the process of drug elimination will be faster in this patient. B) the therapeutic effect of the drug may be too slow to be effective. C) the patient is at greater risk for high serum levels of the drug. D) the process of drug metabolism may be faster in this patient.
Successful coping among older adults has been shown to include all of the following except:
a. humor b. increase in number of sexual partners c. prayer d. positive social support
A client's temperature after dialysis is 99° F (37.2° C) and was normal before dialysis. Which is the nurse's best action?
a. Continue to monitor the temperature. b. Encourage the client to drink fluids. c. Obtain a white blood cell count. d. Prepare to culture the fistula site.
A patient with laryngeal cancer is found to have carcinoma in situ. The nurse understands that this cancer is in which stage?
1. stage 0 2. stage I 3. stage II 4. stage III