A nurse working on an inpatient psychiatric unit is assigned to conduct a 45-minute education group. What should the nurse identify as an appropriate group topic?
A. Dream analysis
B. Creative cooking
C. Paint by number
D. Stress management
D
The nurse should identify that teaching clients about stress management is an appropriate education group topic. Nurses should be able to perform the role of client teacher in the psychiatric area. Nurses need to be able to assess a client's learning readiness. Other topics for education groups include medical diagnoses, side effects of medications, and the importance of medication compliance.
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An adrenergic agonist is ordered for a patient in shock. The nurse will note that this drug has had its primary intended effect if which expected outcome occurs?
a. Volume restoration b. Increased cardiac output c. Decreased urine output d. Reduced anxiety
A man is scheduled for hospital outpatient surgery. He tells the nurse, "I don't know what that word, outpatient, means." How would the nurse respond?
A) "It means you will have surgery in the hospital and stay for 2 days." B) "It means the surgeon will come to your home to do the surgery." C) "Why would you ask such a question? Don't worry about it." D) "You will have surgery and go home that same day."
Ms. Jones, RN, is the night charge nurse on your unit. She has come to work obviously drunk. What would your legal obligations be as a professional nurse?
a. Ignore her condition out of professional etiquette. b. Have a second person validate your ob-servation. c. Give her several cups of strong coffee to sober her up. d. Have her "sleep it off" in an empty room and cover for her.