As part of a mental status assessment, the nurse asks a client to draw the face of a clock. The nurse is assessing which of the following?
A) Concentration and orientation
B) Perceptions and thought processes
C) Visual perceptual and constructional ability
D) Expressions and feelings
C
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When evaluating a community health plan, the nurse understands that this process is important for:
A) Determining the nurse's effectiveness B) Eliminating unnecessary phases in the nursing process C) Measuring the effectiveness of goal attainment D) Producing additional goals and objectives for inclusion
A nurse is educating a patient with gout about the medication probenecid (Benemid). What active effect should the nurse relay when explaining why this medication is prescribed?
a. Reduces inflammation in the affected joint b. Relieves pain c. Diminishes swelling d. Increases excretion of uric acid
The nurse is performing a medication history on a patient who reports using phentermine HCl (Suprenza) 15 mg/day for the past 3 months as an appetite suppressant. The nurse will contact the patient's provider to discuss
a. changing the medication to phentermine-topiramate (Qsymia). b. increasing the dose to 37.5 mg/day since tolerance has likely occurred. c. initiating a slow taper of the phentermine. d. stopping the drug immediately since long-term use is not recommended.
Patient safety means to:
a. limit or expect harm. b. avoid or reduce harm. c. avoid or reverse harm. d. change or remove harm.