Ana is admitted to the medical surgical floor for severe weight loss. Her diagnosis is anorexia nervosa. She is 16 and looks about 8 . Her intake daily is about 8 cans of diet soda. Your initial nursing goal is:
A) Establish trust
B) Set caloric intake guidelines
C) Request nutritional supplements from Dietary
D) Explore with her the rationale for refusing to eat
A
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The perinatal nurse observed the pediatrician completing the Ballard Gestational Age by Maturity Rating tool. The maturity components used with this assessment tool are:
Select all answers that apply. A) physical. B) behavioral. C) reflexive. D) neuromuscular.
Prior to the client's discharge from an acute care facility, the nursing case manager has the nursing staff, client, client's family, physical therapist, and home health nurse meet
The purpose of this is to A) Provide patient teaching B) Evaluate the effectiveness of the hospitalization C) Determine hospital-based services D) Prepare the client for home care
After surgery, a patient expresses to the nurse the fear of becoming addicted to the opioid analgesic that has been prescribed for pain. What is the nurse's best response?
a. "Opioid-based drugs are not addictive." b. "Have you or anyone in your family ever been addicted to drugs?" c. "When opioid drugs are taken for acute pain, they are rarely addictive." d. "If you take the medication no more frequently than every 4 hours, it is not poss-ible for you to become addicted."
A nurse overhears another nurse state, "I can't stand the way my client's family is always here! They ask so many questions. I don't have time for this." Which is the most appropriate nursing response by the informed nurse?
A) "Educating the family is actually more important than educating the client." B) "Educating the client alone remains the single best way to improve health outcomes." C) "Educating the patient and family results in better outcomes." D) "Educating the client by himself or herself preserves the right to confidentiality."