A researcher is studying how anxiety affects coping with chronic disease and theorizes that measures to reduce anxiety will improve subjects' ability to cope with day-to-day demands of self-care. In this example, anxiety and coping are
a. assumptions.
b. concepts.
c. philosophies.
d. theories.
ANS: B
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A client is to be transferred from bed to stretcher, and maximum assistance is required. Which of these steps is essential when two nurses are performing this transfer?
a. Place a lift sheet under the client's back, trunk, and upper legs after logrolling the client to one side. b. Have both nurses on the same side of the bed at all times. c. Place pillows on the stretcher before the client is transferred. d. Clamp any drainage tubes to prevent spills.
How should the nurse plan to manage sedation and pain medication when a dying client is to be terminally weaned or extubated?
1. Stop all ongoing sedative infusions at least an hour before extubation. 2. Observe the patient and adjust medication dosages every hour. 3. Provide an anticipatory dose of morphine and initiate an ongoing morphine infusion. 4. Initiate medication therapy to control dyspnea but plan to stop it in the event of hypotension.
The endometrium is a layer of cells that lines the:
1. Ovary. 2. Perineum. 3. Urethra. 4. Uterus.
The nurse is providing care to a lesbian postpartum client and her life partner. Which nursing actions are appropriate when providing care to this couple? Select all that apply
1. Providing the couple with the same rights and care as those given to heterosexual couples 2. Educating the couple about heterosexual contraception during the postpartum period 3. Teaching the couple about when it is safe to resume sexual relations 4. Encouraging the couple to join a support group of other postpartum lesbian couples 5. Expecting the nonpregnant partner to assume the role of father