Art is a 55-year-old smoker who has been diagnosed with angina and placed on nitrates. He complains of headaches after using his nitrate. An appropriate reply might be:
1. This is a parasympathetic response to the vasodilating effects of the drug.
2. Headaches are common side effects with these drugs. How severe are they?
3. This is associated with your smoking. Let's work on having you stop smoking.
4. This is not related to your medication. Are you under a lot of stress?
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Tyrel Asplund, 80 years old, has the nursing diagnosis of impaired skin integrity related to stasis ulcer on the left ankle. Which of the following would be a goal for this nursing diagnosis?
a. The resident will not have any more leg ulcers b. Stasis ulcer will have decreased redness and granulation tissue evident in 2 weeks c. The nurse will change the wound dressing b.i.d. until healed d. The nurse will chart any wound drainage and report it to the physician
A team of nurses who provide care in a community hospital have been encouraged to participate in continuing educational activities. Why is continuing education needed in nursing?
A) Continuing education helps to delineate the distinctions between nurses and physicians. B) Continuing education increases the public visibility of individual nurses and the nursing profession. C) Continuing education has the potential to partially alleviate the nursing shortage. D) Continuing education allows for safer division of labor on hospital units and more effective delegation of tasks.
Which statement(s) is (are) correct concerning the problem statement of a qualitative nursing research study report? Standard Text: Select all that apply
1. It is presented in paragraph form. 2. It should be clear to the reader. 3. It may appear in the abstract. 4. It may appear at the end of the introductory section. 5. It should include how the sample was chosen.
A nurse is reading the medical history of an elderly client with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COP
D). The nurse learns that the client has cor pulmonale. Cor pulmonale is A) enlargement of the left ventricle. B) enlargement of the right ventricle with dysrhythmias. C) decreased carbon dioxide. D) anemia with shortness of breath.