The nurse is caring for a client immediately following a cesarean section. When the baby is placed in her arms for the first time, the nurse notes that the mother touches him with her fingertips only, and recognizes this as:
A) an early sign of rejection. B) evidence that the mother is in pain. C) normal bonding progression. D) a symptom of postpartum blues.
C
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The nurse is teaching a patient about antiparkinson drugs. What drug would the nurse expect to be prescribed for the patient experiencing "wearing off" of drug effects?
A) Pramipexole B) Entacapone C) Ropinirole D) Amantadine
A 29-year-old white woman appears jaundiced. Liver disease as a cause has been excluded. What history questions should the nurse ask?
a. Whether she had unprotected sex b. Whether she has a history of diabetes mellitus c. Whether she had unusual bleeding prob-lems d. Whether she eats a lot of yellow and orange vegetables
The nurse, assessing pain in a client receiving hospice care, uses the ABCDE model to guide pain management. Which of the following is a part of this pain management approach? (Select all that apply.)
1. Ask about the pain regularly. 2. Believe the patient and family in their reports of pain. 3. Confront the patient if you believe pain control was not achieved. 4. Deliver interventions only when requested. 5. Enable the patient to control her course of pain management to the greatest extent possible. 6. Utilize complementary alternative medicine approaches first.
A patient with a history of angina is admitted for outpatient cataract surgery. When asked, "What medication do you take for the angina?" she replies, "It is similar to nitroglycerin, and I take it under my tongue
See, I brought it with me." The nurse is not surprised to see a. isosorbide mononitrate (Imdur). b. amyl nitrite. c. nitroglycerin (Nitrostat). d. isosorbide (Isordil).