Your client has recently lost her job and feels that she couldn't hold another job. What would be your nursing diagnosis?
1. Chronic low self-esteem
2. Risk for situational low self-esteem
3. Situational low self-esteem
4. Risk for chronic low self-esteem
ANS: 3
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What action can the mentor take to help reduce the impact of reality shock on the mentee during the shock or rejection phase?
a. Withhold personal transition stories. b. Encourage the mentee to discuss his or her feelings. c. Encourage mentees to keep their feelings to themselves during work hours. d. Ignore the feelings caused by reality shock.
A client receiving chemotherapy tells the nurse that he is concerned that he may be developing Alzheimer's disease since he is having a new onset of memory loss. Which of the following should the nurse do to help this client?
1. Discuss the client's memory issues with the physician. 2. Suggest the client use a journal to aid with short-term chemo fog problems. 3. Assess for signs of pending stroke. 4. Notify the physician and plan for transferring the client to an intensive care area.
Your patient's blood glucose reading is 65. You can wait until later to report this to your supervisor
True False
On admitting a client, the nurse finds a history of myocardial ischemia. What is the most disconcerting dysrhythmia that electrocardiography can reveal for this client?
a. Sinus bradycardia b. Sinus dysrhythmia c. Ventricular tachycardia d. Atrial fibrillation