"The patient will maintain an adequate nutritional state without nausea or vomiting" is an example of:
1. a nursing intervention.
2. the nursing process.
3. a nursing diagnosis.
4. a nursing goal.
4
Goals should be stated in terms of observable patient outcomes.
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A woman, age 43 years, is 6 weeks pregnant. It is important that she be informed of which?
a. The need for a therapeutic abortion b. Increased risk for Down syndrome c. Increased risk for Turner syndrome d. The need for an immediate amniocentesis
The nurse documents that a patient is likely experiencing exaggerated grief when observing which behavior?
a. Keeps telling family and friends that her spouse "can't be dead." b. Re-reads her late spouses diaries nightly since the death 2 years ago. c. Develops severe abdominal pains on each anniversary of her spouse's death. d. Becomes agitated whenever someone re-fers to the spouse's death or "moving on."