The nurse is conducting a class on documentation. When documenting a client's speech on a mental status assessment, the nurse encourages the staff to be more descriptive and include which of the following?
A) Paralanguage B) Recall C) Motor movements D) Affect
A
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The pediatric nurse is assessing a child who complains of a stomach ache. This is the child's fourth visit to the clinic for the same problem, and there has not been a diagnosis yet. What action by the nurse is best?
A. Ask about child's functioning and development. B. Instruct the mother not to keep the child home from school. C. Obtain a thorough family history from the mother. D. Perform an abdominal exam and document findings.
An older patient has been diagnosed with a venous thromboembolism. Which age-related change most likely contributed to this diagnosis?
A) Decreased coronary blood flow B) Less efficient cardiac oxygen usage C) Decreased elasticity of blood vessels D) Increased resistance of peripheral vessels
Biophysiologic measures may be used as either independent variables or dependent variables in a study
A) True B) False
A client admitted with iron deficiency anemia has clinical symptoms related to which abnormal laboratory value?
1. Low levels of iron-bound transferrin 2. High levels of iron-bound transferrin 3. High levels of ferritin 4. High hemoglobin level