A client is scheduled for a mastectomy for breast cancer. She is quiet, shows little emotion, and states that she has no questions. The nurse's assessment needs to focus on:
A) The client's plans for reconstructive surgery
B) The meaning of the mastectomy to the client
C) Whether the client truly understands the surgery
D) Why the client seems depressed
B
Feedback: It is important to explore the impending loss with the client and what that loss means to her so that the grief process can begin.
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The student nurse is taking a multiple-choice test and does not know the answer to a question. What should the student nurse do first?
1. Guess B, because that is the most common answer to multiple-choice questions. 2. Find answers the student knows are incorrect and rule them out. 3. Look at the answer to the previous three questions and choose an answer that was not used. 4. Find answers that are almost correct and choose one of those.
A patient in cardiac arrest is ordered to receive an initial dose of sodium bicarbonate intravenously to correct metabolic acidosis. What initial dose of sodium bicarbonate will this 187-lb individual receive?
A) 50 mEq B) 75 mEq C) 85 mEq D) 100 mEq
In a healthy adult, which of the following regulate body fluids? Select all that apply
a. Hormone levels b. Fluid intake c. Oxygen saturation d. Kidney function
A patient is diagnosed with duodenal ulcers caused by a highly acidic gastrointestinal environment. The nurse explains that this condition may be related to deficiency in which hormone?
1. Secretin 2. Lipase 3. Elastase 4. Amylase