An intensive care unit nurse does not notice the noise within her environment. However, the client's family member states, "How can you stand it in here? The lights, sounds, and activity would drive me crazy and I couldn't take it." The nurse has adapted to her
A) Intensive care unit work
B) Intensive care unit environment
C) Threatening stimuli
D) Nursing career
Ans: B
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Teenage pregnancy affects the teenager's family in that: Select all that apply
A. The teenager has to go to school, so her parents have to be the primary infant caregivers. B. The infant's grandparents may have to become infant caregivers again. C. Older siblings may fight for the chance to be the infant's babysitter during evenings. D. The teenage mom's siblings get to enjoy playing with the infant. E. The teenage mom requires more of her parents' financial resources to manage. F. The mom's younger siblings are at increased risk of becoming teenage parents.
An 80-year-old woman has been suffering from knee pain for the past 3 years. The client requires a knee replacement and has diminished mobility. The most appropriate nursing diagnosis is
A) Chronic pain related to knee disability as defined by guarded gait B) Acute pain related to degenerative joint disease as evidenced by static gait C) Altered mobility related to pain as defined by guarded gait D) Inability to perform activities of daily living related to chronic pain
A client in the second trimester of pregnancy is experiencing severe heartburn. What should the nurse explain about the reasons for this health problem? Select all that apply
1. Decreased gastrointestinal motility 2. Changes in carbohydrate metabolism 3. Increased production of progesterone 4. Relaxation of the esophageal sphincter 5. Displacement of the stomach by the enlarging uterus
Which of the following individuals would be most likely to have the highest percentage of body weight as water?
A. Elderly male B. Infant C. 50-year old obese female D. 45-year old athletic male