A nurse is working on a unit for clients with neurological conditions. Which assessment form would the nurse most likely use to document assessment data?
A) Open-ended form
B) Focused assessment form
C) Frequent assessment form
D) Ongoing assessment form
B
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What should the nurse hope to identify by keeping a record of a patient's blood pressure during prenatal visits?
a. Ketoacidosis b. Placenta previa c. Gestational diabetes d. Gestational hypertension
A school nurse is speaking with one of the teachers in the elementary school. The teacher is discussing one of the students who has become very disruptive in the classroom
The student's grades are suffering and the teacher notices that the student is frequently out of his chair and not paying attention to what the rest of the class is doing. How should the nurse handle the situation? A. Call the student's physician on file and speak with him about prescribing ADHD medication. B. Inform the student's parents about the situation and let them decide how to proceed. C. Instruct the teacher and the student's parents to complete a Connors Rating Scale. The nurse should also observe the student in the classroom. D. Suggest methods of age-appropriate discipline for the teacher to try with the student.
Which of these actions illustrates the correct technique the nurse should use when assessing oral temperature with a mercury thermometer?
a. Wait 30 minutes if the patient has ingested hot or iced liquids. b. Leave the thermometer in place 3 to 4 minutes if the patient is afebrile. c. Place the thermometer in front of the tongue, and ask the patient to close his or her lips. d. Shake the mercury-in-glass thermometer down to below 36.6 ° C before taking the temperature.
A community mental health nurse has monitored a client in the community for the past 4 years. The
nurse is moving out of the city and must terminate her relationship with the client. When the new nurse begins work with the client, what can he or she anticipate as the starting point for the relationship? a. Beginning at the orientation phase b. Resuming the working relationship c. Entering into a social relationship d. Returning to the emotional catharsis phase