A sedative-hypnotic has been prescribed to help a patient sleep. What should the nurse teach the patient about this medication?
A) it should be taken every night for several months
B) it is useful for sleep but is better taken with alcohol
C) it loses its effectiveness after 1 or 2 weeks
D) it should be taken in the morning for long-term effects
C
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Which of the following was delegated inappropriately?
a. Personal hygiene by the UAP b. Assistance with eating breakfast by the UAP c. Assistance with toileting by the UAP d. Interpretation of abnormal vital signs by the UAP
Percussion over healthy lung tissue normally elicits which sound?
1) Tympany 2) Dullness 3) Resonance 4) Hyperresonance
Your client suffered from a myocardial infarction (MI). What advice would you give your client about maintaining sexual patterns after suffering from an MI?
1. Sex after a heart attack can easily cause sudden death. 2. Impotence and lack of sex drive always occur after a heart attack. 3. If angina occurs during sex, you should permanently stop having sex. 4. Sex can be safely assumed within a few weeks or as soon as the client feels ready.
A client with a partial small bowel obstruction describes her pain as "cramping, off-and-on pain that spreads over my stomach." The nurse recognizes that this type of pain is known as:
a. Referred pain. b. Phantom pain. c. Somatic pain. d. Visceral pain.