Which of the following are examples of developmental risk factors? Select all that apply
A) A toddler is allowed to crawl in a house that has not been childproofed.
B) A machinist works in an environment that exposes him to loud noises.
C) A sales executive worries that he won't make his yearly sales quota.
D) An elderly woman in a long-term healthcare facility is at high risk for falls.
E) A 42-year-old woman is unable to move her left side following a stroke.
F) A teenager has difficulty ambulating following multiple fractures from a MVA.
A, D
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A patient is being treated for a massive myocardial infarction. His wife has just arrived in the emergency department and grabs the nurse's arm demanding to know what is happening. Which initial nursing response is indicated?
1. "Your husband needs my full attention right now." 2. "Someone call security." 3. "Take your hands off me." 4. "Please go back to the waiting area."
A patient is scheduled to have surgery for prostate cancer in a few weeks. What action by the nurse is most important?
a. Discuss options and their effect on sexual-ity. b. Ensure the patient has advance directives. c. Offer the patient a tour of the operating room. d. Determine if the patient prefers outpatient surgery.
By which action do the sodium-glucose cotransport inhibitors lower blood glucose levels?
a. Inhibiting the conversion of glucose to glycogen in the liver b. Inhibiting the conversion of glycogen to glucose in the liver c. Increasing the sensitivity of insulin receptors to insulin d. Increasing the renal excretion of filtered glucose
When the nurse communicates with a newly admitted client, the nurse must pay particular attention to nonverbal behaviors. The nurse considers which characteristic as nonverbal communication?
A) the client's accent B) the client's tone of voice C) the client's religious practices D) the client's ethnicity