A client asks to be attended to by a family member or a nurse from the same culture. Which should the nurse identify as a barrier in this client's nursing care?
A) Prejudice
B) Ethnocentrism
C) Stereotyping
D) Intolerance
B
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The nurse enters the client's room and observes that the IV infusion device displays the correct fluid volume delivered to the client
Later, the unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) enters the room and discovers the IV catheter is in the bed and blood is oozing from the IV puncture site. Which statement about these events is correct about nursing documentation in an incident report? 1. The UAP documents, "Nurse did not notice bloody drainage.". 2. The UAP reports to the RN, "IV catheter oozing bloody drainage.". 3. The nurse documents, "Client pulled out IV; bloody drainage in bed.". 4. The nurse documents, "IV infusing without difficulty at prescribed rate.".
To encourage compliance with the medication regime, the nurse may suggest to the health care provider to consider:
a. providing samples of newly prescribed medications. b. discussing at length with the client the purpose of each new medication prescribed. c. providing a social service referral to be certain that the client can afford the medications. d. telling the client that the medication absolutely must be taken.
A nurse reviewing the binding sequence of the human gene realizes that guanine will always bind with:
1. Cytosine. 2. Adenine. 3. Phosphate. 4. Thymine.
A client presents in the emergency department with complaints of overwhelming anxiety. Which of the following is a priority for the nurse to assess?
A. Risk for suicide B. Cardiac status C. Current stressors D. Substance use history