The nurse is called to the client's room to assess the client's first bowel movement since surgery. Upon investigation, the nurse finds hard, dry, but formed stool. This is characteristic of which of the following?
A)
Fecal impaction
B)
Constipation
C)
Bowel incontinence
D)
Diarrhea
B
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To perform direct (immediate) percussion, you would make a light tapping motion against the patient's body part being percussed with the
a. finger pad of the index or middle finger of your dominant hand. b. finger pads of the index and middle fingers of your nondominant hand. c. percussion hammer. d. ulnar aspect of the closed fist of your dominant hand.
A nurse is involved with a group who advocates for improved and effective psychiatric services and consumer empowerment. Which of the following groups is the nurse most likely working with?
a. NAMI Consumer Council b. National Mental Health Consumer's As-sociation (NMHCA) c. National Association of Psychiatric Sur-vivors (NAPS) d. Consumer/Survivor Mental Health Re-search and Policy Work Group
Which most accurately describes the purpose of force field analysis?
A) Unfreezing the status quo B) Changing or moving to a new state C) Identifying the forces driving the change and those resisting it D) Refreezing to sustain the change or changes made
A 52-year-old client relates to the nurse that she has never had a mammogram because she is terrified that she will have cancer. Which response by the nurse is therapeutic?
A. "Don't worry, most lumps are discovered by women during breast self-examination." B. "Does anyone in your family have breast cancer?" C. "Finding a cancer in the early stages increases the chance for cure." D. "Have you noticed a lump or thickening in your breast?"