A nurse asks you to do a urinary catheterization. This involves sterile technique and inserting a tube into the person's bladder. The nurse gives you very clear instructions. What should you do?
a. Perform the task. The nurse's directions were clear.
b. Perform the task if the nurse is available to answer questions.
c. Refuse the task. It is beyond the legal lim-its of your role.
d. Perform the task if another nursing assis-tant can help you.
C
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An older adult widow reports having problems sleeping at night and states, "I miss my spouse." The nurse also recognizes that older patients:
a. are difficult to assess. b. take less time to fall asleep. c. may suffer from emotional stress or depressive mood problems. d. require less sleep than middle-age adults.
When the adolescent begins to demonstrate lack of energy and motivation and withdraws, complaining of multiple physical problems, it may be that this is the beginning of a stage of schizophrenia called:
a. prepsychotic. b. residual. c. acute. d. prodromal.
What position used for surgery can cause irreparable nerve damage?
A) Trendelenburg B) Prone C) Dorsal recumbent D) Lithotomy
When a patient reports pain relief after having received a placebo, the nurse concludes that the patient:
a. was not experiencing pain. b. is relieved of the anxiety that there is no ready source of pain remedy. c. is demonstrating "attention-seeking" be-havior. d. is being manipulative.