The daily level of intake for essential nutrients that is considered to be adequate to meet the nutritional needs of healthy individuals is the ________.
What will be an ideal response?
recommended daily allowance (RDA)
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A peculiar sensation that precedes a seizure and may take the form of a taste, smell, or sound is called a(n):
a. aura c. psychomotor seizure b. pre-seizure d. automatism
The nurse has been visiting an adolescent with recently acquired tetraplegia. The teen's mother tells the nurse, "I'm sick of providing all the care while my husband does whatever he wants to, whenever he wants to do it."
What reaction should be the nurse's initial response? a. Refer the mother for counseling. b. Listen and reflect the mother's feelings. c. Ask the father in private why he does not help. d. Suggest ways the mother can get her husband to help.
The practice of critical thinking empowers the nurse to recognize important cues in a given situation, and to respond to these quickly to adapt interventions to optimize their effectiveness and likelihood of producing a good outcome
This aspect of critical thinking: 1. Is similar to the way that a skilled nurse incorporates continued assessment and evaluation into practice, adapting the care plan in response to its effectiveness or change in client status. 2. Is another term for the nursing process. 3. Means that there is only one correct solution to a problem. 4. Indicates that critical thinking and the nursing process are unrelated.
A patient who has parkinsonism will begin taking selegiline HCl (Eldepryl) to treat symptoms. What information will the nurse include when teaching this patient about this drug?
a. "Avoid consuming foods that are high in tyramine." b. "This drug will prevent the need to take levodopa." c. "You may have red wine with dinner on occasion." d. "You will not have serious drug interactions with this drug."