The patient is complaining of midsternal chest pain that feels like constant severe pressure. The pain is not relieved by rest or three nitroglycerin tablets and is different than the pain the patient has had in the past
What is the priority nursing action?
A) Administer another nitroglycerin tablet.
B) Obtain a 12-lead electrocardiogram.
C) Use anxiety reduction techniques.
D) Teach risk reduction strategies.
B
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The assist-control mode of ventilation functions in which of the following manners?
a. It delivers gas at preset volume, at a set rate, and in response to the patient's inspiratory efforts. b. It delivers gas at a preset volume, allowing the patient to breathe spontaneously at his or her own volume. c. It applies positive pressure during both ventilator breaths and spontaneous breaths. d. It delivers gas at preset rate and tidal volume regardless of the patient's inspiratory efforts.
When a new mother tells the home health nurse that her baby has frequent loose stools, the nurse's response will be based on the knowledge that:
a. Loose stools in an infant indicate a digestive disorder b. Infants have a short large intestine and absorb less water c. Infants are particularly prone to infectious diarrhea d. The infant is reacting to a change in the formula
Which statement indicates the need for health teaching?
A. I'm not able to tolerate many medications. B. My father lived a long time with diabetes. C. Once I feel better I can quit the medication. D. When my stomach is empty, the medication works faster.
A nursing instructor is teaching about the DSM-5 diagnosis of depersonalization-derealization disorder (D-DD). Which student statement indicates a need for further instruction?
1. "Clients with this disorder can experience emotional and/or physical numbing and a distorted sense of time." 2. "Clients with this disorder can experience unreality or detachment with respect to their surroundings." 3. "During the course of this disorder, individuals or objects are experienced as dreamlike, foggy, lifeless, or visually distorted." 4. "During the course of this disorder, the client is out of touch with reality and is impaired in social, occupational, or other areas of functioning."