A patient complains of pain. Which will help you collect information about the person's pain?
a. Ask if the pain is mild, moderate, or se-vere.
b. Ask the person what he ate for breakfast.
c. Ask the family members if they feel the person is really in pain.
d. Give the person drugs to relieve the pain.
A
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While assessing your patient, you know to identify health patterns and if these health patterns are achieving their goals. If you find that the patient's health patterns are not achieving their goals, then what are you, as the nurse, obligated to do?
A) Seek ways to promote balance. B) Create an opportunity for social balance. C) Identify alternative forms of care. D) Provide insight into the physiologic failings of the system.
Your patient is 12-hours post ORIF right ankle. The patient is asking for pain medication
The pain-medication orders are written as a combination of a narcotic analgesic and a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAID) given together. What is the rationale for administering pain medication in this manner? A) To prevent respiratory depression from the narcotic B) To eliminate the need for additional medication during the night C) To combine the medications more effectively and relieve the patient's pain with fewer narcotics D) To eliminate toxic effects of the narcotic
The nursing leader has initiated a measure to solve a problem. This leader is demonstrating which characteristic of being an effective leader?
a. Critical thinking b. Delegation c. Risk taking d. Initiating action