Nurses understand that patients with dementia demonstrate all of the following except:
A) A lack of concentration
B) A resistance to change
C) An attention to personal care and appearance
D) A preference to dwell in the past
C
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The nurse is helping to give Mantoux tests to children who are being registered for kindergarten in the community. How should the nurse administer this test?
A) Interdermal injection into the inner forearm B) Intramuscular injection into the vastus lateralis C) Subcutaneous injection into the umbilical area D) Insert at a 45-degree angle into the deltoid
To prevent any unwanted resuscitation after life-sustaining treatments have been withdrawn, the nurse should ensure that:
a. do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders are written before discontinuation of the treatments. b. the family is not allowed to visit until the death occurs. c. DNR orders are written as soon as possible after the discontinuation of the treatments. d. the change-of-shift report includes the information that the patient is not to be resuscitated.
In evaluating information taught about conception and fetal development, the client verbalizes understanding about transportation time of the zygote through the fallopian tube and into the cavity of the uterus with which statement?
1. "It will take at least 3 days for the egg to reach the uterus." 2. "It will take 8 days for the egg to reach the uterus." 3. "It will only take 12 hours for the egg to go through the fallopian tube." 4. "It will take 18 hours for the fertilized egg to implant in the uterus."
A client prescribed an albuterol (Proventil) via inhaler asks the nurse why they can't just take a pill. Which response should the nurse provide?
A. "When you inhale the prescription the blood supply in the lungs absorbs it rapidly resulting in quicker effects." B. "Oral prescriptions will not relieve your symptoms; you must have an inhaled prescription for relief of symptoms." C. "Oral prescriptions produce too many side effects." D. "The prescription cannot be absorbed in the GI tract because the acid in the stomach will destroy it."