What criterion would the nurse use to support Hildegard Peplau's Theory of Interpersonal Relations?
a. The relationship between nurse and doctor
b. The mutual caring relationship
c. Meeting the needs of nurse and patient
d. The relationship between nurse and patient
ANS: D
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The nurse knows which of the following clients might experience fatigue relative to physiologic, psychological, and/or pathologic aspects? Select all that apply
A) An elderly client on tranquilizers for sleep in the noisy nursing home environment B) An adult who performs manual outdoor labor as a roofer C) An adolescent client with a diagnosis of leukemia on a chemotherapy regimen D) An adult client who teaches art to a small group of children in kindergarten E) An adult technician working in a sleep lab where lights are dimmed and noise is kept at a minimum
Which scenario is an example of correct delegation?
1. The nurse asks the unlicensed assistant to bathe a patient before surgery. 2. The nurse asks the unlicensed assistant if a patient tolerated ambulating in the hall. 3. The nurse instructs the unlicensed assistant to check the patient's lung sounds for crackles. 4. The nurse asks the unlicensed assistant to see if the patient's hourly urine output is adequate.
The client is prescribed bumetanide 5 mg by mouth once a day for hypertension and gentamycin 80 mg IV every eight hours for a severe upper respiratory infection. The nurse should monitor this client for:
a. hypochloremia. c. ototoxicity. b. hypokalemia. d. decreased urinary output.