Which ethical principle may be violated if a researcher unobtrusively studies interactions among patients in a psychiatric hospital?
A) Confidentiality
B) Freedom from harm
C) Right to self-determination
D) Right to privacy
C
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The nurse is caring for a patient with metastatic bone cancer. The patient asks the nurse why he has had to keep getting larger doses of his pain medication, although they do not seem to affect him. What is the nurse's best response?
A) "Over time you become more tolerant of the drug." B) "You may have become immune to the effects of the drug." C) "You may be developing a mild addiction to the drug." D) "Your body absorbs less of the drug due to the cancer."
In assessing the knowledge of a pregestational woman with type 1 diabetes concerning changing insulin needs during pregnancy, the nurse recognizes that further teaching is warranted when the patient states
a. "I will need to increase my insulin dosage during the first 3 months of pregnancy." b. "Insulin dosage will likely need to be increased during the second and third trimesters." c. "Episodes of hypoglycemia are more likely to occur during the first 3 months." d. "Insulin needs should return to normal within 7 to 10 days after birth if I am bottle feeding."
A patient in the emergency department fell through the ice on a pond and was rescued by friends and driven to the hospital, still in wet clothes. By removing the wet clothes, the nurse is preventing:
A) radiant heat loss. B) evaporative heat loss. C) convective heat loss. D) conductive heat loss.
The focus of population-focused practice is that problems or needs are defined and solutions are implemented for:
1. Individuals 2. Aggregates 3. Communities 4. Geographical regions