An elderly patient who is having an annual physical examination at the clinic states, "Speak up! Everyone just mumbles these days. Can't you speak up?" You understand that this patient is:
A) Cranky
B) Deaf
C) Mentally ill
D) Experiencing hearing loss associated with aging
D
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What should the nurse do when applying for a position for which he or she is underqualified?
a. Exaggerate qualifications when applying and being interviewed. b. Emphasize knowing the basics and express willingness to learn via in-services and continuing education. c. Try to impress the interviewer with strengths and gloss over or avoid the topic of specific qualifications. d. Mention having connections in high places who believe the applicant would perform well in the position.
A client is diagnosed with gastroenteritis. The nurse realizes that this illness occurs from which type of disease-causing organism?
1. Bacteria 2. Fungi 3. Protozoa 4. Viruses
A 15- year old girl was thrown from a pickup truck when it hit a guard rail. She is admitted to the ER for evaluation. The ER physician orders STAT lab work and a student nurse asks why the doctor wants to have electrolytes done. "She is so young and besides what abnormal labs could she have this early?" The best response would be:
a. "It is very possible she will have an elevated potassium." b. "We don't need to worry about what it will show; we'll just get it done." c. "It is likely she will have an increased calcium due to her broken wrist." d. "Electrolyte studies will indicate whether or not she had been drinking."
The nurse should be cognizant of which important information regarding nerve block analgesia and anesthesia?
a. Most local agents are chemically related to cocaine and end in the suffix -caine. b. Local perineal infiltration anesthesia is effective when epinephrine is added, but it can be injected only once. c. Pudendal nerve block is designed to relieve the pain from uterine contractions. d. Pudendal nerve block, if performed correctly, does not significantly lessen the bearing-down reflex.