The nurse notes the term palliative management on a client's chart, and recognizes that the treatment goals
1. Are to let the client die peacefully
2. Are to optimize quality of life
3. Depend on the results of tests
4. Are to make sure the client gets plenty of fluids to stay hydrated
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Rationale: Palliative care may be instituted for clients who are not terminally ill.
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A parent calls the nurse to report that a 5-year-old child has taken five children's vitamins. Which action will the nurse take first?
a. Ask whether the vitamins contain iron. b. Reassure the parent that over-the-counter vitamins are not toxic. c. Recommend that the parent take the child to the emergency department (ED). d. Tell the parent to watch for tarry stools and report them immediately.
What threat is reduced by obtaining contact information?
A) Selection B) Maturation C) Mortality D) Instrumentation
Nursing interventions may be categorized based upon the degree of nursing autonomy. An ex-ample of a nurse-initiated intervention is:
1. Providing client teaching 2. Administering medication 3. Ordering a liver CAT scan 4. Referring a client to physical therapy
MC A "web of causation" can be
A. Oil refinery, flare emissions, and asthma. B. Mosquitoes, West Nile virus, and decreased mosquito spraying. C. Access to alcohol, decreased enforcement of minors, and attractive media portrayal of alcohol that contributes to adolescent alcohol usage. D. Adolescent pregnancy rate, lower socioeconomic status and education, and close friends with infants.