If a person is having difficulty mastering tasks at one developmental level, he moves on to the next.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
False
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The nurse has been assigned a 49-year-old patient who has acute colitis, and the nurse just completed gathering data concerning core drug knowledge and core patient variables
To implement nursing management of drug therapy for this patient, the nurse will then A) evaluate the outcome of the drug therapy. B) devise strategies to maximize the therapeutic effects of the drug. C) implement planned nursing actions. D) assess for data that will indicate interactions between core drug knowledge and core patient variables.
A 75-year-old male patient is brought to the emergency department by his family because he is "talking to people who aren't there
" During the initial admission assessment, his daughter mentions that her mother died 4 months ago and "Dad just hasn't been the same. The doctor has even put him on antidepressant medication. I go by the house every day to make sure he takes his medication." What would the nurse suspect is happening to this patient? A) The patient is having hallucinations as an adverse effect of his antidepressant medication. B) The mental status change is due to the patient's age. C) The patient probably has a urinary tract infection. D) The patient is having delusions because of his depression over the loss of his wife.
Your patient is experiencing shortness of breath. To relieve the symptoms in this patient, you would place your patient in what position?
A) Sitting upright leaning forward slightly B) Low Fowler's C) Prone D) Trendelenburg
The nurse cares for a client with metabolic acidosis and hyperphosphatemia. What pathophysiological process does the nurse recognize is the reason for the client's phosphate abnormality?
A) Depression of glycolysis B) Ionized calcium is decreased C) Hydrogen ions move out of the cells D) Positive and negative ions enter the cells