During a home visit, an older client recovering from cardiac valve replacement surgery states to the nurse, "I am so weak that I will never be able to dance with my wife again." An appropriate statement for the nurse to reply is
A) "It's okay, honey, in time your strength will return."
B) "What type of dancing do you want to do, some are more strenuous than others?"
C) "Do you think you are pushing yourself enough to return to that type of activity in the near future? Is your wife encouraging you?"
D) "Tell me more about not feeling able to do what you want to do."
D
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1. Serendipity 2. Creativity 3. Critical thinking 4. Thorough thinking
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A) Administering acetaminophen every 4 hours B) Providing for adequate rest periods C) Ensuring that the environment is stimulating D) Applying compresses to the injection site E) Limiting the client's access to fluids
The primigravida patient is in the second stage of labor. The fetal heart rate baseline is 170, with minimal variability present. The nurse performs fetal scalp stimulation. The patient's partner asks why the nurse did that
What is the best response by the nurse? "I stimulated the top of the baby's head to: 1. "Wake him up a little." 2. "Try to get his heart rate to accelerate." 3. "Calm the baby down before birth." 4. "Find out whether he is in distress."
The nurse serves as an educator of other healthcare personnel. In what capacity will this nurse participate in education?
1. Preceptor of new graduate nurses. 2. Instructing a part of the critical care course. 3. Clinical instruction of nursing students. 4. One-to-one teaching of clients. 5. Teaching grandparents how to care for children.