A client has severe hearing loss that occurred within the last year. It is important for the nurse to also assess the client for
a. accompanying visual losses.
b. frustration and loneliness.
c. hypertension and heart disease.
d. impaired physical mobility.
B
Clients with hearing loss can become frustrated, embarrassed, and lonely, which may all lead to isolation and depression. It is important to assess for these psychosocial consequences of hearing loss. Visual losses do not often accompany hearing loss, hypertension and heart disease are not related to hearing loss, and hearing loss does not cause impaired physical mobility, unless the client curtails activities voluntarily.
You might also like to view...
A patient who undergoes hemodialysis three times weekly is on a fluid restriction of 1000 mL/day
The nurse sees the patient drinking a 355-mL (12 ounce) soft drink after the patient has already reached the maximum intake of fluid for the day. What action should the nurse take? A) Take the soft drink away from the patient and inform the dialysis nurse to remove extra fluid from the patient during the next dialysis treatment B) Document the patient's behavior as noncompliant and notify the physician C) Further restrict the patient's fluid for the following day and communicate this information to the charge nurse D) Reinforce the importance of the fluid restriction and document the teaching and the intake of extra fluid
The nurse is caring for a patient taking ezetimibe (Zetia) and monitors the patient for what common adverse effects?
A) Bloating and flank pain B) Neuropathy and flatulence C) Mild abdominal pain and diarrhea D) Constipation and flank pain
Which accurately describes provision of service?
1 . Guarantees reimbursement 2 . Clear and comprehensive documentation is required of need for services. 3 . Clear and comprehensive documentation is required of actual services. 4 . Social worker is the gatekeeper. A) 1, 2 B) 1, 4 C) 2, 3 D) 3, 4
When you ask your patient whether he wants his pain medication, he says to you, "I don't know, whatever you think is best." You realize that this is a maladaptive coping mechanism called:
1. powerlessness. 2. helplessness. 3. denial. 4. depression.