A child diagnosed with autism is hospitalized in an inpatient mental health unit. The nurse caring for this client should:
A) Provide a variety of caregivers for the child.
B) Provide a consistent, structured environment with predictable routines.
C) Allow the child frequent visits off the unit to provide stimulation.
D) Send the child to the "time out" area if the child repeats phrases continually.
B
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a. intensive care units c. shock wards b. triage wards d. postoperative wards
A patient is prescribed an oral fluoroquinolone drug. Which precaution should you follow when administering this drug?
a. Give this drug with food. b. Give a full glass of water to drink with this drug. c. Give the drug before meals. d. Give the drug with a glass of milk.
A nurse has received an abnormal result on a critical test for an assigned patient. The nurse has been trying to reach the resident for 20 minutes but has been unsuccessful
What should be done to ensure the best care for the patient? (Select all that apply.) a. Page the resident once and document this in the chart; he will make rounds soon. b. Page the attending physician. c. Continue to provide care for the patient and document all actions in the medical record. d. Wait until the resident makes rounds to review the test results with him. e. Begin treating the patient for the test re-sult because the nurse knows what the resident will likely order.
The 20-year-old client at ten weeks' gestation is preparing for her first prenatal visit. She confides, "This pregnancy was unplanned. I'm not sure if I want to be pregnant or not. I haven't even told my boyfriend I'm pregnant
And I haven't decided if I'm going to continue the pregnancy." Which of the following statements should the nurse make next? A. "It's really unusual for a pregnant woman to feel this way early in the pregnancy." B. "These thoughts are because your mother died when you were four years old." C. "You should go to a pregnancy support group to be a good mother." D. "It's common to feel ambiguous about pregnancy in the first trimester."