A menopausal woman tells her nurse that she experiences discomfort from vaginal dryness during sexual intercourse, and asks, "What should I use as a lubricant?" The nurse should recommend which of the following?
1. Petroleum jelly
2. A water-soluble lubricant
3. Body cream or body lotion
4. Less-frequent intercourse
2
Explanation: 2. A water-soluble jelly should be used.
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The nurse manager is examining factors contributing to the nursing shortage affecting her unit. Her unit is most likely feeling the effects of the nursing shortage for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
A) Increased age of the RN workforce B) Increased demand for RNs from competing employers C) Decreased hiring of foreign nurses D) Decreased job satisfactions of the RN workforce
An elderly patient was recently discharged to home after treatment for chronic heart failure. The patient experiences a pulse rate increase from 80 beats per minute (bpm) to 102 bpm when walking from the kitchen to the utility room to do laundry
What is an appropriate nursing action for the home health nurse? 1. Encourage the patient to complete tasks such as laundry early in the morning before fatigue is an issue. 2. Recommend that the patient ignore the pulse rate and become more active to build stamina. 3. Encourage the patient to rest for 30 minutes between completing each load of laundry. 4. Encourage the patient to sit and rest in the utility room and whenever the patient feels the pulse rate increase.
The absolute refractory period begins with the onset of the _____ and terminates _____
a. P wave; with the end of the QRS complex b. QRS complex; at approximately the apex of the T wave c. QRS complex; with the end of the T wave d. P wave; with the beginning of the QRS complex
"Aseptic" means free of
A) high levels of moisture. B) disease-producing organisms. C) fermentation-producing microbes. D) direct exposure to sunlight.