The second-generation antipsychotics have fewer extrapyramidal symptoms than first-generation antipsychotics. Using your knowledge of second-generation antipsychotics,
growing evidence is mounting that the risk of developing new-onset type 2 diabetes can occur particularly with which medication?
A) Quetiapine
B) Olanzapine
C) Risperidone
D) Ziprasidone
B
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A nurse has been providing care for a palliative patient and his family for several weeks and the nurse is beginning to experience the signs and symptoms of compassion fatigue (CF). What factor contributes most significantly to this phenomenon?
A) Becoming too apathetic to care about a patient B) Caring too much for an individual patient C) Having to provide care for many patients D) Caring more about what the patient thinks rather than what is best for him or her
In communicating bad news about a diagnosis to an older patient, the nurse should do which of the following first?
a. find out what the patient wants to know b. communicate the news gently c. find out what the patient knows d. respond to feelings
The nurse has asked a nurse's aide to greet a postoperative patient who has just arrived on the unit and to determine whether he is in stable condition. This act of delegation is an example of a nurse inappropriately delegating ____
a. Assessment of the patient b. Evaluation of an intervention c. Nursing judgment d. Teaching to a delegatee
A patient diagnosed with hyperglycemic hyperosmolar syndrome (HHS) will be started on rehydration fluids. How will the nurse anticipate managing this treatment?
1. Initial treatment will be with rapidly infused lactated Ringer's solution. 2. Once the patient's blood glucose has decreased to around 300 mg/dL, a glucose-containing solution will be used for the remaining hydration. 3. The patient will be encouraged to drink as much fluid as possible. 4. The nurse will monitor the patient's lungs for signs of overload. 5. The fluid used for resuscitation will contain insulin.