The student nurse studying pain management knows that acute pain in children is any pain lasting more than 3 months
A) True
B) False
B
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The nurse is assigned to the Risk Management Team. Which events would be addressed by this team? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Standard Text: Select all that apply
1. A client's hand is injured during an arterial blood gas draw. 2. A client's family is dissatisfied with the breakfast just served. 3. A client leaves the hospital against medical advice (AMA). 4. A client claims he is not ready to be discharged. 5. The family does not want a client to be transferred from the intensive care unit (ICU).
A graduate nurse is nervous about caring for older adult patients because of the personality changes that occur with aging. How should the nurse's preceptor respond to this statement?
1. "Personality tends to stay stable through life, rarely showing signs of change during final years." 2. "The losses many elderly experience understandably will impact their personality." 3. "The personalities of the elderly do undergo some significant changes after the eighth decade of life." 4. "After retirement, feelings of disuse cause many elderly to begin demonstrating personality changes."
Goals of therapy to reduce risk of cardiovascular disease focus on lowering levels of
a. triglycerides. b. low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol. c. high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholester-ol. d. very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) cholesterol.
The Goldmark Report concluded that:
1. Nursing roles and responsibilities required clarification 2. A theory-based curriculum was necessary for accreditation 3. Nursing education programs must be affiliated with universities 4. Increased financial support should be provided for nursing education