The nurse is caring for a client experiencing physical elimination of substance abuse from the body. The nurse understands that the client is experiencing:
a. dependence c. relapse
b. detoxification d. withdrawal
B
Physical recovery from drug abuse by eliminating a substance from the body is called detoxification.
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A nurse is providing care for an 82-year-old woman on the palliative care unit of a hospital. The woman has a long-standing diagnosis of diabetes that has manifested in serious cardiac problems and she is not expected to survive the weekend
How can the nurse best understand this course of events in light of the chronic care that the patient has long received? A) Death represents the ultimate failure of the provision of care. B) Dying in comfort and dignity is the final component of high-quality chronic care. C) The period of death represents the transition from chronic care to acute care. D) Holistic, chronic care requires that the nurse limit care to psychosocial interventions.
The desire to void is reached when there are _______________ cc in the bladder
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
The 20% of adolescents in the United States who are "only" children have been found by research to experience which of the following because of being only children?
a. loneliness and a tendency to isolate themselves b. fairly high self-esteem and achievement motivation c. serious jealousy of children from large families d. high-risk behaviors in at least three areas of their lives
Nurses use documentation as
A) Legal representative to care B) Conveyance of information C) Organization of care D) Response to interventions