What enables the nurse to provide spiritual care to patients?
A) Knowledge of the religious beliefs of most patients
B) Acknowledgment of personal values and beliefs
C) Appreciation of various religious practices
D) Recognition of the relationship of spirituality to physical and mental health
D
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A client with schizophrenia has received standard antipsychotics for a year. His hallucinations are
less intrusive, but the client remains apathetic, has poverty of thought, cannot work, and is socially isolated. To address these symptoms, the nurse might expect the psychiatrist to prescribe a. haloperidol (Haldol). b. olanzapine (Zyprexa). c. diphenhydramine (Benadryl). d. chlorpromazine (Thorazine).
The nurse is preparing to give acetaminophen (Tylenol) to a child who has a fever. What nursing action is appropriate?
a. Retake the temperature in 15 minutes after giving the Tylenol. b. Place a warm blanket on the child so chilling does not occur. c. Check to be sure the Tylenol dose does not exceed 15 mg/kg. d. Use cold compresses instead of Tylenol to control the fever.
The nurse cares for a neonate who appears in pain. The neonate has tight facial muscles, loud and shrill cry, rapid breathing, tense extremities and is thrashing about. Using the NIPS pain scale, which number will the nurse give the neonate?
A. 5 B. 6 C. 7 D. 8
Which nursing observation of the patient in intensive care indicates the patient is sleeping comfortably during NREM sleep?
a. Eyes closed, lying quietly, respirations 12, heart rate 60 b. Eyes closed, tossing in bed, respirations 18, heart rate 80 c. Eyes closed, mumbling to self, respirations 16, heart rate 68 d. Eyes closed, lying supine in bed, respirations 22, heart rate 66