A psychiatric nurse is providing an inservice to the Emergency Department staff on the topic of client interpersonal violence
The nurse will instruct the ED staff that which client is most likely to seek help for injuries due to interpersonal violence? Select all that apply. A) A 52-year-old woman who lives alone
B) A 72-year-old with dementia cared for by her alcoholic son
C) A 42-year-old female who has undergone in vitro treatments and is pregnant for the first time
D) The only child of a middle-aged couple
E) A 16-year-old pregnant for the first time
B, E
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a. Environmental b. Developmental c. Physical d. Spiritual
A 63-year-old male patient is scheduled for a
physical examination, and he tells the nurse that he wants to start taking a vitamin formula that includes saw palmetto for prostate health. Which is the nurse's best response? a. "I've heard many good things about saw palmetto." b. "It's not a good idea to start herbal therapy at your age." c. "There are very few adverse effects with saw palmetto therapy." d. "The doctor will need to draw some blood and do a digital rectal exam first."
The nurse plans a safety program for clients on a medical-surgical unit and reviews the admission diagnoses of clients over the past year. Which client diagnosis represents the greatest likelihood of falling on the unit?
1. Pacemaker battery replacement 2. Heart failure with pulmonary edema 3. Arthroscopy after a college football injury 4. Right salpingectomy for ectopic pregnancy
Ordered: 25,000 units of heparin in 500 mL D5W infusing at 30 mL/h. The patient will receive ________ of heparin in 24 hours.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).