The nurse notes that the patient has enlarged parotid glands, manifested by edema:
A) Under the mandible.
B) Anterior to the ears.
C) Posterior to the maxilla.
D) On the surface of the tongue.
B
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The nurse is assessing a 78-year-old client who has been admitted to the emergency department with chest pain. The nurse plans to assess the client's skin turgor:
1. On the forearms. 2. On the sternum. 3. On the knee. 4. On the back of the neck.
A nurse is caring for an older adult with hypertension and heart disease who uses liberal amounts of table salt to season food, complaining that food does not taste good without it. What recommendations should the nurse make for this client?
A. Instruct the client that salt can be used as long as the blood pressure remains con-trolled. B. Instruct the client to remove all salt from the diet to preserve kidney function. C. Recommend table salt in small amounts in conjunction with diuretics. D. Recommend that the client substitute herbs and spices to season food.
Preterm birth prevention is a major focus of many organizations and health-oriented programs. Which of the following would the nurse identify as a factor that increases the risk of preterm labor?
A) Lack of antibiotic drugs B) Anticipating one's own or the fetus's death during pregnancy C) Working long hours with long periods of standing D) Lacking full understanding of the natural processes of birth
The Friedman Family Assessment Model views the family as:
a. just one of the basic units of wider society along with religion, education, health, and others b. the center of concentric circles representing the individual as the most important element in society c. indispensable to the individual in attaining normal physical and psychological growth d. more important than the individual in terms of predicting the future success of the individual