The nurse documenting the presence of pain in a patient with possible gastric ulcer would anticipate that the pain would occur:
a. in the morning.
b. erratically, without pattern.
c. at bedtime.
d. with meals.
C
Pain occurs at bedtime because the stomach is empty but the gastric juices are still high. Pain is absent in the morning when the digestive juices are low and when the stomach is filled with food.
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The nurse is caring for a patient in the acute phase of burn care. While performing an assessment during this phase of burn care, the nurse recognizes that airway obstruction related to upper airway edema may occur up to:
A) 2 days after the burn injury B) 3 days after the burn injury C) 5 days after the burn injury D) 1 week after the burn injury
Arrange in order the steps the nurse should take in a focused assessment for a patient with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Choice 1. Nurse notes patient is reluctant to draw up insulin in syringe. Choice 2. Nurse assesses what the patient already knows. Choice 3. Nurse has patient practice drawing up insulin. Choice 4. Nurse calls in diabetic educator. Choice 5. Nurse notes patient is not aware of differences between hypo- and hyperglycemia.
The nurse has been invited to present a program at the local PTA meeting on recognizing and preventing illness in children. Which of the following sets of symptoms for urinary tract infections in children does the nurse include?
1. Foul-smelling urine, elevated BP, and hematuria 2. Severe flank pain, nausea, and headache 3. Headache, hematuria, and vertigo 4. Urgency, dysuria, and fever
The client threw things at the registered nurse and frequently used foul language. Because the client was not incorporating the behavior changes the nurse suggested, the nurse decided to no longer visit the client's home to give care
Which event might allow the client to successfully sue the nurse? A. The nurse did not tell the client that no further visits would be made and did not suggest other options for care. B. The nurse supervisor agreed that the suggested changes for the client's care were unreasonable. C. The jury felt that the client was always right, regardless of the improperness of the client's behavior. D. The physician sided with the client against the nurse and stated that the nursing plan of care was unreasonable.