The nurse notes that a patient experiencing a pain level of 9 on a scale from 0 to 10 has a change in vital signs. What type of pain should the nurse realize this patient is experiencing?
a. Cancer pain
b. Neuropathic pain
c. Acute pain from trauma
d. Chronic nonmalignant pain
ANS: C
Acute pain is associated with elevated heart rate and blood pressure. A. B. D. These types of pain are more chronic, and adaptive mechanisms allow vital signs to remain more normal.
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The nurse notes that when she communicates with the patient and her son, the son does not maintain eye contact with her and also notes that he withdraws when she attempts to shake his hand. The best response by the nurse is to: a. carry on conversation with the patient on-ly, ignoring the son. b. continue conversing with both the patient and the son. c. ask the son to leave since he is not com-fortable with her. d. ask the patient why the son will not en-gage with her.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation offered a program, Pursuing Perfection: Raising the Bar for Healthcare Performance, between 2002 and 2007 . The goal of this project was to:
A. Standardize all medical care in the United States and Europe B. Pursue executives from for-profit organi-zations in health care to assist them with the maintaining the bottom line. C. Improve patient outcomes in Europe and the United States by pursuing perfection in all major care areas D. Collaborate with international companies to have sharing of ideas and hopefully lower costs
Which assessment findings are typical of an older adult with the condition in Question 1?
What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following patients is most at risk for digoxin toxicity?
A. 56-year-old man with coronary artery disease B. 24-year-old woman with cystic fibrosis C. 53-year-old woman with renal disease D. 57-year-old man with a hemorrhagic stroke