The nurse assessing a client's risk of cancer from cigarette smoking notes that the client has smoked one-half pack per day for 10 years. The nurse calculates that this client has a history of
a. 2 pack-years.
b. 5 pack-years.
c. 10 pack-years.
d. 20 pack-years.
B
A "pack-year" refers to the number of packs of cigarettes smoked per day times the number of years the client has smoked .
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1. Offering spicy foods to the sick 2. Baptizing comatose patients without family approval 3. Asking a patient what they think caused their cancer 4. Helping a son plan funeral arrangements for his father
The nurse is providing care to a postpartum client who gave birth 4 hours ago. The client has a mediolateral episiotomy, large hemorrhoids, and states pain is a 7 on a scale of 1-10. She has a history of anaphylactic reaction to Tylenol
Based on this data, which nursing action is appropriate? A) Encourage use of benzocaine topical anesthetic spray (Dermoplast). B) Provide 2 oxycodone with acetaminophen (Percocet) by mouth. C) Offer the client 800 mg ibuprofen (Advil) orally with food. D) Run very warm water into the tub and assist her into the bath.
When assessing an individual for sexual dysfunctions, it is most therapeutic for the nurse to do what?
A) Frame questions in a way that normalizes a wide range of sexual behaviors and problems, and use terms the client will understand. B) Use his or her experience as a background for selecting specific questions, and ask questions with which the nurse is most familiar and comfortable. C) Assume that most clients are fairly comfortable with discussing their sexuality, especially if they are married. D) Avoid addressing various lifestyle concerns because this can cause a great deal of discomfort and even shutdown during the interview.
A condom catheter may not stay in place on an obese male patient.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)