When planning care for a patient who is suicidal, the nurse knows:
A) Suicide attempts are only gestures
B) Suicide is a crime and must be reported to the authorities
C) Teaching new problem-solving skills is a priority of care for suicidal patients
D) It is necessary to know the reasons why the patient has suicidal thoughts
C
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A 13-year-old client was admitted for giving a younger sister a black eye and throwing the cat out the window. Which areas of the brain could have abnormalities associated with this behavior? Standard Text: Select all that apply
1. Amygdala 2. Occipital lobe 3. Frontal lobe 4. Hypothalamus 5. Hippocampus
The nurse recognizes that the patient who is being evaluated for a visual impairment does not have glaucoma because the tonometry reveals an intraocular pressure of:
1. 18 mm Hg. 2. 28 mm Hg. 3. 45 mm Hg. 4. 52 mm Hg.
A 50-year-old patient who underwent a gastroduodenostomy (Billroth I) earlier today complains of increasing abdominal pain. The patient has no bowel sounds and 200 mL of bright red nasogastric (NG) drainage in the last hour. The highest priority action by the nurse is to
a. contact the surgeon. b. irrigate the NG tube. c. monitor the NG drainage. d. administer the prescribed morphine.
Round 2.67 to the nearest tenth
What will be an ideal response?