Which question would best help you determine the impact of fatigue on her activities of daily
living?
a. "Are you upset about feeling more tired?"
d. "Do you sleep more now than you used to?
b. "How far can you walk until you get short of breathe?"
c. "Have you been able to do what you would like to do?"
d
Fatigue is an overwhelming, sustained sense of exhaustion with decreased capacity for physical
and mental work at a usual level. Therefore, the best means to assess how fatigue is affecting
all areas of life is by determining whether the patient too tired to take part in daily activities,
relationships, social events, and community activities.
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The nurse, when admitting a new client to the long-term care facility, assesses the client's family history because:
1. Heredity and genetics play a role in longevity and types of health concerns the client might face. 2. It is important to know the person to notify in case of emergency. 3. Knowing more about the client will allow more of the client's needs to be met. 4. The admission form dictates that this information be collected.
Which of the following is not related to the theory of successful versus disturbed communication patterns during an admission assessment?
1. The appropriateness of the content of the message. 2. The quality of the feedback provided. 3. The language level of the assessment nurse. 4. How efficiently the client delivers a message.
The nurse is preparing to send a child with cancer for a radiation treatment. Which medication should the nurse provide to premedicate the child for this procedure?
A) Analgesic B) Antiemetic C) Antipyretic D) Antineoplastic
The nurse plans care for a hospitalized patient who uses culturally based treatments. Which action by the nurse is best?
a. Encourage the use of diagnostic procedures. b. Coordinate the use of folk treatments with ordered medical therapies. c. Ask the patient to discontinue the cultural treatments during hospitalization. d. Teach the patient that folk remedies will interfere with orders by the health care provider.