The nurse is aware that the most effective form of comfort for an 11-year-old school-age child after a painful procedure is:
a. Therapeutic holding by the parent
b. Praise for cooperation
c. A Mickey Mouse sticker
d. A lollipop
B
The older school-age child responds well to praise. Therapeutic holding, candy, and colorful stickers are childish.
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The nurse recognizes that there needs to be a change in practice on the unit to improve the client outcomes. Which is the quickest method the nurse should consider to change current practice?
A. Literature review. B. Quality improvement project. C. Document patient outcomes. D. Research.
The nurse manager suggests that staff nurses look at abstracts of the Cochrane Reviews for ideas to change their practice. What should these nurses do? Standard Text: Select all that apply
1. Access the free abstracts of these reviews online. 2. Request the facility purchase these books for the hospital library. 3. Call the Cochrane Center to subscribe to these abstracts. 4. Expect to find a great deal of material to review. 5. Plan to learn about the research methods used in the studies reviewed.
The young prenatal patient with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) says, "I am frightened that I will have to deal with insulin injections for the rest of my life." What is the best response by the nurse?
a. "After delivery your doctor will prescribe oral hypoglycemic medication to control your disease. Pills are so much simpler than insulin injections." b. "Have you considered an insulin pump?" c. "After a while those insulin injections won't seem so bad." d. "It will most likely resolve 6 weeks or so after the baby is born."
Two common abnormalities in heart rate are:
a. dysrhythmia. b. apical pulse. c. tachycardia. d. bradycardia. e. pulse deficit.