A nurse caring for a patient in a long-term health care facility measures his intake and output and weighs him to assess water balance. These actions help to meet which of Maslow's hierarchy of needs?
A) physiologic C) love and belonging
B) safety and security D) self-actualization
A
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The client who experienced an emergency cesarean birth with her first child expresses anxiety about her upcoming birth. How can the nurse teaching the client's prenatal classes help decrease her anxiety?
1. Encourage muscle tightening with each contraction. 2. Explain that patterned breathing increases anxiety, and should be avoided. 3. Instruct the client to hire a therapeutic massage therapist for labor. 4. Practice progressive relaxation, and encourage her to use the technique in labor.
A number of techniques that can facilitate multicultural communication have been identified. Which one of these would not facilitate multicultural communication?
a. avoid the use of slang terms b. recognition that educational backgrounds in nursing may be vastly different c. providing your coworkers with resources that may help to reinforce verbal communication d. using "you" statements when offering constructive criticism
A patient who started taking orlistat (Xenical) 1 month ago calls the clinic to report some "embarrassing" adverse effects
She tells the nurse that she has had episodes of "not being able to control my bowel movements." Which statement is true about this situation? a. These are expected adverse effects that will eventually diminish. b. The patient will need to stop this drug immediately if these adverse effects are occurring. c. The patient will need to increase her fat intake to prevent these adverse effects. d. The patient will need to restrict fat intake to less than 30% to help reduce these adverse effects.
A patient who has just delivered her baby asks the nurse if she needs to continue taking her iron supplement. What instruction will the nurse provide to the patient?
a. "Continue taking iron for 6 more weeks." b. "Stop taking the iron supplement now." c. "Take the iron supplement while nursing." d. "Take the iron only if your hemoglobin is low."