When giving a backrub to a patient to relieve pain, the nurse is using the pain theory of:
a. synergism.
b. gate control.
c. distraction.
d. guided imagery.
B
The pressure of a backrub will close the gate, according to the gate control theory of pain.
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a. Cohort study b. Incidence study c. Longitudinal study d. Retrospective study
A 36-year-old woman complains that she has had crushing chest pain for the past 2 days. She seems nervous as she speaks to you. An appropriate response is to:
a. continue to collect information regarding the chief complaint in an unhurried man-ner. b. finish the interview as rapidly as possible. c. ask the patient to take a deep breath and calm down. d. ask the patient if she wants to wait until another day to talk to you.
When attempting to locate recent lab results, the new nurse employee notices that each department has a separate section in the client's chart. Which type of documentation system is the nurse using?
1. Source-oriented record 2. Problem-oriented record 3. Case management 4. Focus charting
The nurse is performing an assessment on a client who thinks she may be experiencing preterm labor. Which information is the most important for the nurse to understand and share with the client?
a. Because all women must be considered at risk for preterm labor and prediction is so variable, teaching pregnant women the symptoms of preterm labor probably causes more harm through false alarms. b. Braxton Hicks contractions often signal the onset of preterm labor. c. Because preterm labor is likely to be the start of an extended labor, a woman with symptoms can wait several hours before contacting the primary caregiver. d. Diagnosis of preterm labor is based on gestational age, uterine activity, and progressive cervical change