Which nursing diagnosis is appropriate for a patient who has started aminoglycoside therapy?
a. Constipation
b. Risk for injury (renal damage)
c. Disturbed body image related to gynecomastia
d. Imbalanced nutrition, less than body requirements, related to nausea
ANS: B
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The nurse is caring for a patient recovering from a craniotomy. The nurse assists the patient to turn and notes a pink spot with a yellow ring around it on the pillow. What should the nurse do?
a. Change the patient's cranial dressing. b. Notify the RN immediately. c. Change the patient's pillowcase. d. Do a basic neurological assessment.
After administering an opioid antagonist, which of the following would be most appropriate for the nurse to do when the client's pain recurs? Select all that apply
A) Change opioid antagonists. B) Review the circumstances that led to the use of the opioid antagonist. C) Assess the client's pain level. D) Begin to treat the pain again. E) Decrease the rate of opioid antagonist administration.
Using clinical judgment, the nurse makes decisions on whether to proceed with or revise a course of action. The inquiry (investigational or exploratory) subprocess necessary for sound clinical judgment is:
a. reflective thinking. b. persuasive thinking. c. critical thinking. d. intuitive thinking.
All of the following statements about mental health are true except
1. Mental health can be affected by biologic and genetic vulnerabilities. 2. Mental health is characterized by the ability to change and cope with adversity. 3. Mental health is determined by how a person feels about himself or herself and about others, as well as how the person meets the demands of everyday life. 4. Mental health is simply the absence of mental illness.