Conscious sedation is a pain-management technique that is used with children. During conscious sedation for a preschooler, which of the following actions would be most important?
A) Keeping the room absolutely quiet so the child can sleep
B) Assessing vital signs frequently, because they can become depressed
C) Asking the child to periodically count from 1 to 10
D) Keeping the child's head in a dependent position
B
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During a health history, a patient tells the nurse that he has trouble in starting his urine stream. This problem is known as:
a. Urgency. b. Dribbling. c. Frequency. d. Hesitancy.
A nurse is cleaning a patient with fecal incontinence when the patient says, "This is so embar-rassing, and it makes me really angry." What is the nurse's best response?
a. "Don't worry about it; it's my job to clean you up." b. "If you would have called me sooner, this wouldn't have happened." c. "Do you feel angry and embarrassed?" d. "Would you rather let your family clean you up?"
Which of the following is an example of Henderson's definition of nursing?
a. Performing a hearing screening in preschool children b. Interacting with depressed men to learn new strategies for reducing their symptoms c. Setting goals for weight loss with a patient d. Teaching a person with frequent constipation about high-fiber foods
According to the Institute of Medicine, what percentage of all American adults have difficulty understanding and using health information?
a. Fewer than 10 percent c. Nearly half b. Under one-fourth d. Three-quarters