A geriatric patient is started on an antihypertensive medication. The nurse explains to the patient to be careful when changing positions. Why is this precaution necessary?
1. Geriatric patients have visual problems.
2. Geriatric patients have joint disease.
3. Geriatric patients' hearing problems change their balance.
4. Geriatric patients experience postural hypotension.
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Geriatric patients can become light-headed when taking antihypertensive medications that can cause postural hypotension. This places them at risk for falls.
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Which of the following nurses is demonstrating the evaluation phase of the nursing process?
a. The nurse who observes that the client's pain was relieved by medication. b. The nurse who changes the bed linens after the client is incontinent of feces. c. The nurse who asks the client how much lunch he ate. d. The nurse who works with the client to set desired outcome goals.
The nurse is caring for a patient who is receiving chemotherapy. The patient complains of nausea and begins to vomit. The nurse administers ondansetron (Zofran) to alleviate the nausea
Which medication given concurrently with ondansetron would increase its effectiveness? a. Dexamethasone (Decadron) b. Ranitidine (Zantac) c. Loperamide (Imodium) d. Alosetron (Lotronex)
A staff nurse overhears a health care professional use coercion to make a patient agree to participate in a research study. What should the staff nurse do?
a. Confront the researcher with concerns. b. Document suspicions in the patient's medical record. c. Contact the hospital's Institutional Review Board. d. Secretly tape-record the researcher's interaction with a potential subject.
When determining the health care agency's ability to provide the services offered to its client population, the nurse is taking part in which type of evaluation?
a. function c. process b. structure d. outcome