An 85-year-old client is brought to the postoperative nursing care unit following a
surgical procedure performed under general anesthesia. Which must the nurse keep in
mind when caring for this client?
A) May have enhanced sensation to pain
B) May tend to be more confused in the morning
C) May exhibit an increased immune response
D) May react more quickly to a medication
D
You might also like to view...
A nurse in the rehabilitation unit is caring for an older adult patient who is in cardiac rehabilitation following an MI. The nurse's plan of care calls for the patient to walk for 10 minutes 3 times a day
The patient questions the relationship between walking and heart function. How should the nurse best reply? A) "The arteries in your legs constrict when you walk and allow the blood to move faster and with more pressure on the tissue." B) Walking increases your heart rate and blood pressure. Therefore your heart is under less stress." C) "Walking helps your heart adjust to your new arteries and helps build your self-esteem." D) "When you walk, the muscles in your legs contract and pump the blood in your veins back toward your heart, which allows more blood to return to your heart."
The nurse is assessing the thorax of an elderly client. Which of the following would be considered normal age-related changes in this client's respiratory system? (Select all that apply.)
1. Hyperresonance 2. Pain with inspiration 3. Vital capacity reduced 4. Hemoptysis 5. Productive cough 6. Wheezes
There are characteristics and a normal sequence of human growth and development. The nurse sees a 2-month-old child in the pediatrician's office. This is the first child for a new mother
One day after the child was born, the mother asks the nurse to describe what the expectations are for the child during the first 3 months. Based on the mother's question to the nurse, what would be the best explanation by the nurse about the major level of cognitive development for a 2-month-old child? A) Develop preferred sleeping position and cry to signal needs B) Laugh, squeal, look at objects for several seconds and reach for and grasp objects C) Smile, babble, follow lights, and react to sounds D) Develop social smile, respond to pleasurable interactions such as looking at the mother's face
An oncology nurse has been exposed to numerous qualitative studies addressing the experience and meaning of cancer diagnosis and is now preparing to conduct a metasynthesis of the subject
Which of the following principles should the nurse include in the methodology of this new study? A) Reanalyzing the raw data from the studies selected for inclusion B) Performing a thematic analysis of the themes and category titles of the chosen studies C) Forming a liaison with the authors of the original studies D) Performing statistical analysis of the combined findings of the chosen studies