Which of the following is among the first drugs that young children use?
1. Inhalants
2. Marijuana
3. Alcohol
4. Nicotine
ANS: 1
Inhalants are among the first drugs that young children use.
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a. Encourage the father to give the child a multivitamin each day. b. Explain that illness is frequent in this age group because of exposure to others. c. Encourage the father to discuss testing the child's immunity with the provider. d. Make sure the parents are washing their hands frequently in the home.
To plan effective interventions, the nurse should understand that the underlying reason a patient with paranoid personality disorder is so critical of others probably lies in the patient's:
a. need to control all aspects of the world around him. b. use of intellectualization to protect against anxiety. c. inflexible view of the environment and the people in it. d. projection of blame for his own shortcomings onto others.
A nurse is assigned to care for a patient diagnosed with moderate (+2) anxiety. Which assessment findings are most likely?
a. Distorted perceptions, disorientation, and defensiveness. b. Poor concentration, narrow perceptions, and irritability. c. Irrational reasoning and loss of contact with reality. d. Alertness, attentiveness, and accurate perceptions.
A nurse who works on the labor and delivery floor of the hospital has observed that the rate of cesarean sections on the floor is close to 35%. The nurse and colleagues have agreed that this needs to be addressed. How should they proceed?
A. Begin teaching natural childbirth classes. B. Speak with the physicians about the current statistics and the need to address it. C. Perform a community assessment to determine what factors are contributing to the elevated C-section rate. D. Set a hospital goal to lower the C-section rate to under 30% within five years.