Which nursing intervention will assist in preventing respiratory complications in the client with Parkinson's disease?
A. Keeping an oral airway at the bedside.
B. Ensuring a fluid intake of at least 3 L/day.
C. Teaching the client pursed-lip breathing techniques.
D. Maintaining the backrest elevation at greater than 30 degrees.
D
Elevation of the backrest will help prevent aspiration.
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Several nurses at the meeting suggest that the nurse manager talk to the individual nurses who are exhibiting this behavior. When assessing the staff's group dynamics, which action by the nurse manager is appropriate? A) Insist that this is an appropriate new policy. B) Recognize that the group has already defined behavioral norms. C) Discipline the staff nurses who spoke out. D) Request a transfer to another unit.
The highest incidence of anorexia and bulimia nervosa occurs among which of these groups?
a. African American girls of middle to low socioeconomic classes b. Asian Americans of middle socioeconomic classes c. Caucasian boys of higher socioeconomic classes d. Caucasian girls of higher socioeconomic classes
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1. "Lethal dose just refers to what is done in research; it is not used by doctors to prescribe drugs." 2. "The lethal dose is a value determined in research that helps to establish the safe dose." 3. "All that means is that the drug could be lethal, but I will closely monitor you for side effects." 4. "Don't worry about that. I will have your doctor explain it to you."
A nurse is ambivalent about performing vigorous suctioning in a terminally ill patient in a comatose state. Which of the following is the appropriate statement by the nurse in regard to processing this ethical dilemma?
a. "I need to know the legalities of the living will of this patient." b. "My spiritual beliefs mandate that I continue to provide all the interventions within my scope of practice." c. "I cannot figure out what's right in this situation. I need to collect more data." d. "I just feel that I should not suction this patient."