When the nurse positions the postoperative client for comfort and teaches her how to splint her abdominal incision for deep breathing and coughing, the nurse is addressing the nursing process component of:
a. assessment.
b. planning.
c. implementation.
d. diagnosis.
ANS: C
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A) Implementing a predictable routine and providing explanations prior to nursing interventions. B) Ensuring that the patient has appropriate benzodiazepines prescribed. C) Explaining to the patient that his prognosis is good and that discharge will take place shortly. D) Working with the occupational therapist to provide the patient with meaningful activity.
A nurse explains that a patient who is taking Valium for a nervous disorder but is also taking passion flower tablets to combat symptoms is using a combination of traditional and alternative therapy that is called _____
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
The nurse who works on a cardiac unit is teaching the student nurse about heart sounds. The student nurse asks how the S1 heart sound is produced. Which of the following is the nurse's best response?
1. "It results from the closure of the semilunar valves.". 2. "It is heard when the aortic valve closes just slightly faster than the pulmonic valve.". 3. "It results from the closure of the atrioventricular valves.". 4. "It is caused by atrial contraction and ejection of blood into the ventricles in late diastole.".
In third-degree AV block, _____
a. the atrial rhythm (P-P interval) is irregular b. the ventricular rhythm (R-R interval) is irregular c. there is no PR interval because the atria and ventricles beat independently of each other d. the PR interval after a nonconducted P wave is shorter than the interval preceding the nonconducted beat