The nurse is caring for a patient undergoing the fluid deprivation test. The nurse correctly recognizes that this test is used to assess for which condition?
a. Diabetes insipidus
b. Diabetes mellitus
c. Hypothyroidism
d. Hyperparathyroidism
A
The fluid deprivation test is used to assess for the presence of diabetes insipidus.
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1. An enlarged spleen 2. An enlarged kidney 3. The colon 4. A distended bladder
The nurse sits on a chair alongside a client's bed to discuss the postoperative nursing care the cli-ent will receive. The therapeutic outcome of sitting beside the client is that:
1. The nurse-client relationship will be strengthened 2. The client will feel less threatened by the nurse's presence 3. The nurse can appear more relaxed during the conversation 4. The nurse and client will be equal participants in the conversation
A nurse has narrowed down the list of potential associations to join to just a few and is still undecided as to which one to join. Which option is best for this nurse?
A) Join one at a time, wait a few years, and then switch to the other B) Draw the name of the association out of a hat C) Join the group most of her friends and colleagues have D) Join more than one group
A 3-year-old was brought to the hospital with a broken humerus and upper arm bruising. The fa-ther states that he is a truck worker and that the child is obstinate and refuses to be quiet while he sleeps
He states that he shook the child while disciplining him to teach him to be quiet. An appropriate family-related nursing diagnosis is: 1. Anxiety related to physical abuse 2. Impaired parenting related to unrealistic expectations for child 3. Risk for impaired parenting related to harsh disciplinary methods 4. Powerlessness related to inability to keep child quiet