A nurse who is caring for patients on a surgical unit recognizes that the individual having corrective surgery is the
1. 39-year-old scheduled for breast reduction.
2. 14-year-old scheduled for tumor debulking.
3. 4-month-old scheduled for cleft lip repair.
4. 55-year-old scheduled for an exploratory laparotomy.
ANS: 3
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In planning care for a patient who has returned from surgery 2 hours prior, the nurse will implement which measure to decrease the patient's risk of developing a pulmonary emboli (PE)?
A) Early ambulation B) Increased dietary intake of protein C) Maintaining the patient in a supine position D) Administering aspirin with warfarin
The clinic nurse is caring for a 57-year-old client who reports experiencing leg pain whenever she walks several blocks
The patient has type 1 diabetes and has smoked a pack of cigarettes every day for the past 40 years. The physician diagnoses intermittent claudication. The nurse should provide what instruction about long-term care to the client? A) "Be sure to practice meticulous foot care." B) "Consider cutting down on your smoking." C) "Reduce your activity level to accommodate your limitations." D) "Try to make sure you eat enough protein."
After teaching a group of nursing students about nursing diagnoses, the instructor determines that the teaching was successful when the students identify which of the following as most useful related to the nursing diagnoses developed by the
North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA)? A) Identifying patient problems related to drug therapy B) Classifying the patients according to their age groups C) Categorizing the drugs based on their therapeutic actions D) Identifying the expected outcomes of treatments given
The nurse is preparing information for a group of parents as part of genetic counseling. What basic principles of inheritance should the nurse include in this presentation?
Select all that apply. 1. All genes are paired. 2. Only one gene is passed on to offspring. 3. The mother's genes are transmitted to offspring. 4. The father's genes are used to fill in genetic deficits in offspring. 5. One copy of a gene comes from the mother and the other copy from the father.