A client asks the nurse what types of foods to eat to lower the risk of heart disease. In answering the client, the nurse engages in which of the following roles?
1. communicator
2. teacher
3. critical thinker
4. caregiver
ANS: 2
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A. Determine if the family wants aggressive ventilatory support. B. Discuss the option of lung transplantation with the family. C. Hold a family meeting to discuss palliative care measures and code status. D. Inform the family the child will be ventilator dependent as she gets older.
The nurse is caring for a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The patient has been receiving high-flow oxygen therapy for an extended time. What symptoms should the nurse anticipate if the patient were experiencing oxygen toxicity?
A) Bradycardia and frontal headache B) Dyspnea and substernal pain C) Peripheral cyanosis and restlessness D) Hypotension and tachycardia
During the assessment of a client's renal system, the nurse is unable to palpate the kidneys. This nurse would consider this finding as:
1. An indication of an inflammatory condition of the kidneys. 2. A sign of acute or chronic renal disease. 3. Normal. 4. A sign of polycystic kidney disease.
A nurse asks a patient about things that he has done at home to relieve the arthritis pain in his shoulders. Which of the following is this nurse most likely using?
1. Applied research 2. Critical thinking 3. Basic research 4. Discharge planning