A patient complains of severe pain. Which is correct?
a. You need to collect information about the person's pain.
b. Pain means that there is tissue damage.
c. You need to treat the pain with medica-tion.
d. If the person is sleeping soon after com-plaining of pain, is not truly in pain.
A
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The pediatric floor has implemented the use of Humpty Dumpty Fall Prevention Program for its patients. The nurses know to use this tool to:
1. Realize when a child is healthy and does not need to have fall monitoring. 2. Make sure the entire staff recognizes the needs of each patient. 3. Monitor a patient only after a patient has had a fall. 4. Provide a basis for safety monitoring for pediatric patients.
Before beginning any procedure with a patient, you should
a. check the bed linens. c. identify the patient. b. report dangers. d. ask for help.
A nurse is talking to a female client who is a survivor of intimate partner violence. The woman relates that her husband has been told that he has the characteristics of an antisocial personality disorder
The woman also informs the nurse that her husband has an extensive criminal record. The nurse interprets this information and suspects that the woman's husband would most likely demonstrate which behavior? A) A risk for aggressive and assaultive violence toward people within and outside of his family B) Intermittent remorse for the violence and abuse that he commits C) Symptoms of depression along with harboring feelings of inadequacy D) Purposefully remaining socially isolated from people other than those in his family
The nurse is studying matriarchal cultures and needs to complete a report on how this aspect affects health care within the culture. Which cultures will the nurse explore as being matriarchal?
Select all that apply. 1. Appalachian. 2. American Indian. 3. African American. 4. Italian. 5. Arab American.