A 68-year-old patient is scheduled for open heart surgery in the morning and is crying. The appropriate response from the nurse would be:
1. "Everything will go great! Dr. C is the best!"
2. "I know how you feel, so do not cry."
3. "Tell me what concerns you the most."
4. "I will call the physician for a sedative. You are too upset."
3
Therapeutic implementations identify and acknowledge feelings. Do not assume that you know how the patient feels and do not give false reassurance.
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1. Anti-arrhythmic agent 2. Antidiarrheal 3. Opioid analgesic 4. Folic acid supplement
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a. ask the physician about the colonoscopies. b. not worry because risks are low at his or her age. c. search for a company to provide screening. d. talk to the doctor about genetic screening.
A patient with schizophrenia and auditory hallucinations anxiously tells the nurse, "The voice is telling me to do things." Select the nurse's priority assessment question
a. "How long has the voice been directing your behavior?" b. "Does what the voice tells you to do frighten you?" c. "Do you recognize the voice speaking to you?" d. "What is the voice telling you to do?"