A nurse who is working as part of an interdisciplinary team is looking at potential outpatient services for a patient
The patient requires a setting that provides a program of about 4 hours per day, three times per week with a 24-hour crisis and consultation service. The nurse would identify which of the following as appropriate?
A) Primary care setting
B) Ambulatory level one
C) Ambulatory level two
D) Multimodal outpatient setting
C
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A patient with multiple food and environmental allergies tells the nurse that he is frustrated and angry about having to be so watchful all the time and wonders if it is really worth it. What would be the nurse's best response?
A) "I can only imagine how you feel. Would you like to talk about it?" B) "Let's find a quiet spot and I'll teach you a few coping strategies." C) "That's the same way that most patients who have a chronic illness feel." D) "Do you think that maybe you could be managing things more efficiently?"
During the evaluation stage of the critical thinking model applied to a patient coping with stress, the nurse will
a. Select nursing interventions to promote the patient's adaptation to stress. b. Establish short- and long-term goals with the patient experiencing stress. c. Identify stress management interventions for achieving expected outcomes. d. Reassess patient's stress-related symptoms and compare with expected outcomes.
Which are the leading causes of pediatric abdominal injuries for which the nurse should provide client teaching during scheduled health maintenance visits? Select all that apply
1. Motor vehicle crashes 2. Falls 3. Blunt trauma 4. Stabbing 5. Impalement
A patient has been taking ciprofloxacin for 3 days and calls the primary care nurse practitioner (NP) to report having headaches and dizziness. The NP should:
a. change to levofloxacin. b. decrease the dose of ciprofloxacin. c. change to an antibiotic in another drug class. d. reassure the patient that these are common side effects.