An older patient being treated for hypertension experiences lightheadedness when getting up in the middle of the night to void and when making sudden movements. How should the nurse instruct this patient?
1. Restrict activity to 10 minutes a day.
2. Increase caffeine intake to help increase blood pressure.
3. Move slowly from a lying to a sitting position and then slowly from sitting to standing.
4. Decrease fluid intake in the evening to prevent the need to get up in the middle of the night.
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Rationale: Older adults should be encouraged to have more physical activity to help control blood pressure.
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A(n) ____________________ goal is not expected to be met before a patient is discharged from the hospital. It may be an ongoing process of improvement or a gradual change in circumstances
Fill in the blank with correct word.
In preparing a staff in-service presentation about diabetes mellitus, the nurse includes which information?
a. Diabetes increases the risk for develop-ment of epilepsy. b. The cure for diabetes is the administration of insulin. c. Diabetes increases the risk for develop-ment of cardiovascular disease. d. Carbohydrate metabolism is altered in di-abetes, but protein metabolism is normal.
A newborn is jaundiced and receiving phototherapy via ultraviolet bank lights. An appropriate nursing intervention when caring for an infant with hyperbilirubinemia and receiving photother-apy by this method would be to:
a. Apply an oil-based lotion to the newborn's skin to prevent dying and cracking. b. Limit the newborn's intake of milk to prevent nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. c. Place eye shields over the newborn's closed eyes. d. Change the newborn's position every 4 hours.