A postpartum nurse is getting shift report from the night nurse. One of the clients the nurse will be caring for had a baby with Down's Syndrome late last night
Which of the following emotions would the nurse expect the client to be experiencing on her morning rounds? a. denial c. shock
b. anger d. sadness
C
Parents of a first child with a recessive genetic disorder experience shock at the time of diagnosis. For many individuals it is difficult to fathom one can carry a gene causing a genetic defect, but themselves be unaffected by the condition.
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The nurse is caring for a 3-year-old with short bowel syndrome as a result of trauma to the small intestine. The girl's mother is extremely anxious and tells the nurse she is afraid she will never learn how to care for her daughter at home
How should the nurse respond? A) "I will help you become an expert on your daughter's care." B) "You must learn how to care for your daughter at home." C) "You really need the support of your husband." D) "There is a lot to learn, and you need a positive attitude."
The nurse cautions a young man who is taking ciprofloxacin (Cipro) for pyelonephritis to take all the prescription as directed in order to prevent recurrence, which can cause:
a. scarring of the renal pelvis. b. chronic pyelonephritis. c. glomerulonephritis. d. obstruction of the ureters.
The nurse is reviewing a client's risk factors for the development of renal cancer. Which of the following would be considered a risk factor for the development of this disease?
1. Cigarette smoking 2. Being underweight 3. History of hypotension 4. History of type 2 diabetes mellitus
The factors, exposures, characteristics, and behaviors that determine patterns of disease are described using:
a. Descriptive epidemiology b. Analytic epidemiology c. Distribution d. Determinants