During assessment, a nurse should be mindful that clients with bulimia often:
A) Are below normal weight.
B) Binge whenever they experience hunger.
C) Are highly motivated to seek help.
D) Are within their normal weight range.
D
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A client of Italian heritage has only lived in the United States although both parents were born in Italy. What should the nurse expect when caring for this client?
1. The client has maintained a life totally consistent with Italian values and beliefs. 2. The client is completely acculturated to the American way of life. 3. The client's beliefs and values are probably a mix of the Italian beliefs and values of the parents and the values and beliefs of America. 4. The client knows how to speak Italian and English.
In orienting a visually impaired patient to a meal plate, the most appropriate actions of the nurse would include:
a. identifying the location of the plate. b. holding the patient's hand and directing it to the plate. c. putting eating utensil in the patient's hand. d. identifying food according to an imagi-nary clock face.
The patient has been in bed for several days and needs to be ambulated. Before ambulation, the nurse
a. Removes the gait belt to allow for unrestricted movement. b. Has the patient get up from bed before he has a chance to get dizzy. c. Has the patient look down to watch his feet to prevent tripping. d. Dangles the patient on the side of the bed.
Several nurses on a unit are always criticizing the new practices the nurse manager initiates. They are quite rude to the new orientees and students. The nurse manager should:
A. Avoid using them as preceptors and men-tors for students and orientees. B. Ask them to create some possible solutions for the practices they are criticizing. C. Schedule them on shifts that do not have students. D. Assign them to all of the orientees.