A male patient, age 80, has had a total hip replacement. Anxiety, hypotension, and jarring during transfer from the recovery room to his room can cause a postoperative increase in which of his vital signs?
a. Pulse rate
b. Temperature
c. Blood pressure
d. Pain
A
An increase in pulse rate is an objective, detectable sign that the body is responding to "pain." Other objective changes include a decrease in blood pressure in the immediate postoperative period, restlessness, diaphoresis, and pallor.
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The nurse recognizes the form of documentation used at this facility is which of the following? 1. Problem-oriented charting 2. SOAP charting 3. Source-oriented charting 4. Fact-oriented charting
A client is beginning treatment for alcohol abuse. The population health nurse should ensure that the client is instructed on which types of medications used for this treatment? (Select all that apply.)
1. Disulfiram. 2. Naltrexone. 3. Acamprosate. 4. Amitriptyline. 5. Buprenorphine.
A generalization about a form of behavior, an individual, or a group is known as a _________________
ANS:
An older man who is a smoker is hospitalized for orthopedic surgery. A nurse takes the oppor-tunity to provide smoking cessation education. The patient asks the nurse: "I have been smoking for most of my life, and I am an old man
Why are you wasting your time telling me to stop smoking? Isn't it too late?" The nurse bases the response on the knowledge that: a. smoking cessation as late as age 75 can reduce premature death by up to 50%. b. smoking cessation as late as age 75 can completely eliminate premature death. c. smoking cessation at a late age will not impact the smoker but can reduce expo-sure of family members to second-hand smoke. d. smoking cessation education is only effec-tive in individuals under age 75.