The nurse is planning interventions to reduce an older patient's risk of dehydration. Which intervention would support the onset of dehydration in the patient?
1. Ensuring fresh water is available to the patient
2. Providing the prescribed diuretic with breakfast
3. Administering the prescribed diuretic with the evening meal
4. Offering a drink of water every time the patient's room is entered
3
Rationale: Ensuring that fresh water is available will help reduce the patient's risk of dehydration.
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For a patient in cardiogenic shock, the physician has ordered an intravenous continuous infusion of dobutamine hydrochloride. What nursing assessment result demonstrates achievement of therapeutic goals?
A) Blood pressure 120/70 mm Hg B) Urine output 30 to 40 mL/hr C) Arterial oxygen saturation 60% D) Heart rate 110 to 120 bpm
The relationship between infants' length and weight at birth is an example of a functional relationship
A) True B) False
A nursing instructor is explaining to a group of nursing students that in addition to facing the stigma associated with being mentally ill, forensic clients who are mentally ill also experience the stigma associated with being a criminal
One of the students asks the instructor how the stigma associated with criminality might influence nursing care. Which response by the instructor would be most appropriate? A) "Nurses may be reluctant to care for mentally ill criminals because of unrealistic fears for their own safety and that of their other clients." B) "Nurses may prefer to care for forensic clients because they do not believe criminals can be mentally ill." C) "An example would be volunteering to work only with forensic clients because of the belief that forensic clients experience only mild mental health problems." D) "An example would be unfounded fear of what such clients might do after they are discharged from treatment."
What does the nursing diagnosis represent?
A) Symptoms B) Signs C) Cues D) Maladaptation