The nurse encourages the patient with multiple sclerosis (MS) that his disease appears to be the most common type, which is:
a. secondary progressive.
b. primary progressive.
c. relapsing-remitting.
d. relapsing-progressive.
C
Relapsing-remitting is the most common type of MS.
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A female client tells the nurse about wanting to wait to start a family even though the spouse has been "hinting" about it for some time. What is the best response by the nurse?
A) "Maybe you should babysit a friend's child for a while to see if you really want children." B) "You and your spouse need to discuss the decision to start a family." C) "If you don't want to start a family then you don't have to." D) "What would you do if you became pregnant now?"
The nurse is administering a bed-bath to a client in a long-term care facility. The nurse is careful to cover the client during the bath. Which nursing role does this action describe?
A) Communicator B) Caregiver C) Client advocate D) Teacher
When their grandmother was admitted to a long-term residential care facility, the family was assured by the admitting nurse that care, in keeping with the concepts of long-term care, would be based on:
1. how much the resident can do for herself. 2. emphasis on maintenance care for incontinence. 3. successful adaptation to the regulations of the home. 4. maintenance of as much function as possible.
When assessing risk factors for eye and vision problems, the nurse knows that genetics can play a role. What major eye problem are patients most likely at increased risk for if a first-degree relative has it?
A) Retinoblastoma B) Strabismus C) Retinitis pigmentosa D) Glaucoma