The nurse is preparing educational materials at a family planning clinic. The client who is an appropriate candidate for using emergency contraception would be one who reports which of the following?
1. Forgetting to start her pill pack yesterday
2. Unprotected intercourse during her menses
3. That a condom broke yesterday in the middle of her cycle
4. Increased dysmenorrhea since IUC insertion
3
Explanation: 3. Research indicates that oral hormonal EC taken as soon as possible within 72 hours, but up to 5 days, can reduce the risk of pregnancy after a single act of unprotected intercourse by at least 74%.
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The nurse is charting using electronic documentation. With electronic documentation:
a. errors can be corrected and totally removed from the record in the screen view. b. log-on access to the electronic record identifies the person charting. c. each entry requires the nurse to sign her/his name and credentials. d. documenting significant changes in the electronic record ends the nurse's responsibility.
When the nurse is assessing the client's ability to receive and process stimuli through sensory organs, this is evaluating the client's:
a. sensation c. cognition b. perception d. awareness
The nurse is reviewing a client's history. Which statement by the client indicates a need for health teaching?
a. "I drink 1 to 2 glasses of red wine a week." b. "Because of my arthritis, I take a lot of Tylenol." c. "One of my cousins died of liver cancer 10 years ago." d. "I got a hepatitis vaccine before traveling last year."
The characteristics of a profession are many, and nursing is delineated as an emerging profession because of the absence of what characteristic?
A) Use of a specialized database B) Standardized educational entry C) Specialized competencies D) Autonomy and control over work