Nurses can enhance patient decision-making capacity by supporting all of the following except:
a. opportunities for choice. c. experiences of connection.
b. reliance on authority. d. deepening self-awareness.
B
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A patient has an open reduction of a radial fracture and is casted. Several hours after the operation, the patient reports a throbbing pain in the arm. What nursing action is essential for the nurse to take?
a. Administer analgesics as ordered. b. Perform neurovascular checks. c. Notify the physician immediately. d. Reposition arm.
A nurse is providing care for a patient who has a recent diagnosis of Paget's disease. When planning this patient's nursing care, interventions should address what nursing diagnoses? Select all that apply
A) Impaired Physical Mobility B) Acute Pain C) Disturbed Auditory Sensory Perception D) Risk for Injury E) Risk for Unstable Blood Glucose
The nurse conducting a Romberg test will ask the patient to (arrange in correct sequence):
1. touch his or her nose with the index finger with the eyes open. 2. stand with eyes closed. 3. touch his or her nose with the index finger with the eyes closed. 4. touch his or her fingertip to nurse's fingertip. 5. pat the knees with the palms and then the back of the hands rapidly.
The nurse is entering information in the computer about a treatment that was completed on a client. The nurse notes that the housekeeping staff is cleaning in the nurse's station. In order to enforce HIPAA regulations, the nurse would:
1. Report the housekeeper with a HIPAA violation. 2. Ask the housekeeper not to read the chart. 3. Move to a computer in a different area. 4. Stop charting in the computer.