A pregnant woman is concerned about her salt intake because she has heard that salt and preeclampsia are related
She has stopped adding salt to her food entirely and now worries that she should avoid prepared foods that may contain salt. What should the nurse instruct this woman about the need for table salt to prevent what negative outcome in her child?
A) Cretinism
B) Low birth weight
C) Neural tube defects
D) Night blindness
Ans: A
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A client is diagnosed in stage seven of AD. To address the client's symptoms, which nursing intervention should take priority?
1. Improve cognitive status by encouraging involvement in social activities. 2. Decrease social isolation by providing group therapies. 3. Promote dignity by providing comfort, safety, and self-care measures. 4. Facilitate communication by providing assistive devices.
Which of the following is a good example of psychoneuroimmunology?
a. Capacity-building b. Client empowerment c. Herbal medicine d. Learned helplessness
What is the structure that supplies the fetus with nutrients?
A) Yolk sac B) Placenta C) Amnion D) Chorion
From culture to culture time often takes on different meanings. In exploring the relationship of time to nursing interventions, the nurse should:
1. Avoid using set times to do procedures, if possible 2. Maintain the set times for treatments and inform the client of the schedule 3. Maintain a flexible attitude when the client requests procedures to be done at specific times 4. Encourage clients to set the times when they would like the nurse to perform nursing care activities.