A home health care nurse is working with an elderly client whose husband passed away 4 years ago. The couple had been married 56 years. The client still sets a place at the dinner table for her husband
She has never removed any of his clothing or other personal items from her house. The nurse understands that this client is suffering from
A) normal grief.
B) pathological grief.
C) survivor guilt.
D) hopelessness.
B
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A nurse is caring for an elderly client who has been prescribed flurazepam by the physician. Which of the following effects of flurazepam is a potential safety hazard for clients taking the medication?
A) Daytime drowsiness B) Nausea and vomiting as a side effect C) Excessive sleep due to cumulative effect D) Risk of gastrointestinal upset
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
The nurse is instructing a patient with benign prostatic hypertrophy about techniques to reduce urinary retention. What should these instructions include?
1. Avoid alcoholic beverages. 2. Encourage ingesting large amounts of fluids at one time. 3. Urinate until all of the urine is drained from the bladder. 4. Over-the-counter cold remedies are permitted with other medications.
Which of the following statements about children and environmental hazards is correct?
a. The prevalence of autism is directly related to the increase in environmental toxins. b. Children are more susceptible to environmental toxins because of their smaller size. c. The prevalence of asthma among children has been decreasing. d. Children are more susceptible to cancer if they have a family history of the disease.