A nursing home resident with a Stage 4 pressure ulcer that extends to the muscle layer and has significant undermining with heavy exudate should be treated with
A. Dry gauze dressings
B. Duoderm
C. Chemical debridement
D. Calcium alginate dressings
D
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A nurse is involved in the bargaining process. The parties involved discuss wages, hours, conditions of employment, and grievance procedures. The nurse informs those involved that another issue needs to be considered in the negotiations
Which of the following would be appropriate to add to these negotiations? 1. Nurse-to-client ratios 2. Mandatory overtime 3. Retirement policies 4. Contract ratification
In the prenatal clinic, a patient who is in her eighth month of pregnancy complains of backaches. Further questioning reveals that the pain is in the lower back region and is worse at the end of the day
The patient has no discomfort on voiding. She is working part-time as a file clerk. She has children ages 2 and 5 years. The nurse thinks the patient's backaches are probably due to improper bending and lifting. This attempt to determine the nature of the patient's complaint and possible causes reflects which step of the nursing process? a. Assessment b. Diagnosis c. Planning d. Evaluation
The nursing theory that describes the three states of coping potential as arousal, equilibrium, and impoverishment is the ____________________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
When a client tells the nurse that she is divorced and remarried with one son from her first marriage, the nurse documents the client's family structure as:
A) extended B) blended C) cohabitating D) divided