You are working in a senior center, performing risk assessment for depression. Which factors would increase a patient's risk for depression in the older adult? Select all that apply
A) Age
B) Lives alone
C) Widower
D) Drug and/or alcohol abuse
E) Limited financial resources
B, C, D, E
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A nurse is using Milio's framework for prevention to improve the health of clients. Which of the following would the nurse most likely implement?
a. Create appropriate national health policies b. Develop health programs that make healthy choices the easiest choices c. Promote nationwide educational programs with information on making healthy choices d. Stress that clients are responsible for their own health
All of these tests require the client to be NPO prior to the test. Which one requires that the client have no exposure to barium for at least 4 days before the test?
a. barium swallow c. gallbladder series b. computed tomography d. renal angiography
In the emergency department, a client's blood pressure is 66/40 mm Hg, pulse is 140 beats/min, and
respirations are 8 breaths/min and shallow. He receives naloxone (Narcan). The nursing diagnosis established is ineffective breathing pattern: depression of respiratory center secondary to narcotic overdose. The outcome indicator for which the nurse will evaluate is that the client will a. be stable within 8 hours, as evidenced by vital signs within normal values. b. be able to describe a plan for home care before release from the emergency department. c. demonstrate effective coping skills within 1 week of admission. d. identify two community resources for treatment of substance abuse by discharge.
A nurse manager who held a commission in the Army was notified of mandatory military duty and had to go to Iraq to serve for 2 years
After discharge, the nurse returned to the hospital to resume the previous position but was informed that the position was no longer available. The hospital then offered the nurse employment as a staff nurse, which involved a major reduction in salary. The hospital was in violation of which of the following? a. 1964 Civil Rights Act b. 1974 Taft-Hartley Amendments to the Wagner Act c. 1935 National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act) d. 1973 Vietnam Veterans Act