The nurse is planning care for a patient diagnosed with shock. Which intervention should the nurse include to address this patient's problem of anxiety?
A. Assessing blood pressure and heart rate
B. Reducing stimuli and medicating for pain
C. Assessing bowel sounds
D. Monitoring central venous pressure
Answer: B
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Meperidine (Demerol), 50 mg IV, has been ordered for a laboring patient. The patient is contracting every 3 minutes, with a duration of 45 to 60 seconds. What is the nurse's best plan for administering the IV medication?
a. Inject the medication between two contractions. b. Inject the medication during and after a single contraction. c. Inject the medication at the start of the next two contractions. d. Inject the medication throughout the duration of a single contraction.
A nurse is conducting an admission interview with an older patient admitted to a long-term care facility
When the nurse asks about the patient's former occupation, the patient states, "What do you care? I am long retired!" What response by the nurse is best? a. "Your job may have exposed you to some health hazards." b. "It helps me get to know you and your background better." c. "We have several clubs here you might be interested in." d. "No real reason, it's just part of our ad-mission interview."
The nurse is reviewing a patient's completed pain assessment questionnaire that provides information about the impact of pain on the ability to function. The pain assessment tool the patient completed was most likely the:
1. Brief Pain Inventory. 2. Simple Verbal Descriptive Scale. 3. Visual Analog Scale. 4. Numeric Rating Scale.
What is the most accurate description of clinical forensic nursing?
a. Management of crime victims from trauma to trial b. Collection of both physical and psychoso-cial evidence c. Provision of mental health treatment for victims d. Recognizing and guaranteeing the human rights of those who are incarcerated