A physician states that a client will be going home in 3 days and that education is needed regarding the oxygen he will have at home for an interim period of time
The nurse evaluates the client and determines that he is having anxiety about going home because of his inability to breathe well. The nurse listens to his concerns and determines that teaching will need to occur the next day after these concerns are discussed. The nurse in this situation was real, open, honest, and caring to the client. The communication concept that was used in this scenario is which of the following?
A) Respect
B) Mutuality
C) Empathy
D) Genuineness
D
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However, implantation has occurred in the right fallopian tube. The ectopic mass is 3 cm and has not ruptured. The nurse prepares the patient for which therapy? A. Laparoscopic salpingostomy B. Methotrexate C. Partial salpingectomy D. Salpingectomy by laparotomy
Corneal epithelial breakdown in the coma patient is prevented by instillation of saline or methylcellulose lubricating eyedrops every
a. 2 hours. c. 8 hours. b. 4 hours. d. 12 hours.
In a treatment team planning meeting a nurse states her concern about whether the staff is behaving
ethically in using restraint to prevent one client from engaging in self-mutilating behavior when the care plan for another self-mutilating client calls for one-on-one supervision. The ethical principle that should govern the situation is a. beneficence. b. autonomy. c. fidelity. d. justice.
The client with sleep apnea asks her nurse how her new prescription for Xyrem (sodium oxybate) can help this problem. What is the nurse's best response?
A. "The drug depresses your nervous system and allows you to have a deeper night's sleep." B. "Xyrem stimulates daytime wakefulness so that you are less likely to have narco-lepsy with your sleep apnea." C. "The drug reduces the water content of your oral mucous membranes, increasing the diameter of your throat so that your tongue does not obstruct your airway." D. "Xyrem constantly elevates the carbon dioxide content of your blood, which then triggers the respiratory centers of the brain so that you breathe more rapidly and more deeply."