The nurse asks the patient to hold the arms straight out, perpendicular to the floor, and the nurse tries to push the patient's arms down. This procedure tests the strength of which muscles?
a. Triceps
b. Biceps
c. Trapezius
d. Deltoid
ANS: D
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Before identifying health promotion interventions for a client the nurse reviews Healthy People 2020. What information should the nurse expect to learn from this resource? (Select all that apply.)
1. Provides a foundation for wellness activities 2. Explains the cost savings associated with activities 3. Helps to provide the rationales for specific activities 4. Provides a foundation for disease prevention activities 5. Is used to measure achievement of goals and objectives
A patient is brought to the emergency department by family members who tell the nurse that the patient has been exhibiting paranoid behavior. What intervention might the nurse implement that would be helpful in this situation?
A) Keep the patient in a confined space. B) Repeat your name from time to time. C) Speak in one-thought sentences. D) Tell the patient "I am here for you."
A client is prescribed IV phenytoin 300 mg. The nurse will administer this IV bolus over:
a. 3 minutes. c. 15 minutes. b. 6 minutes. d. 30 minutes.
The primary difference between intermittent auscultation (IA) and EFM is
A. EFM is primarily a visual assessment B. IA is associated with worse outcomes C. IA is less labor-intensive than EFM