The nurse is caring for a client who has been receiving treatment for schizophrenia with chlorpromazine for the past year. It would be essential for the nurse to monitor the client for which of the following?
A) Weight loss
B) Torticollis
C) Hypoglycemia
D) Tardive dyskinesia
D
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In normally functioning hearts, what percentage of the blood leaving the atria is dumped freely into the ventricles??
A) 70-85% B) 20-30% C) 40% D) 10%
Which of the following would be most important to assess when a client is noted to be a mouth breather?
A) Asking if the client experiences dry mouth often B) Inspecting for dental caries C) Checking for deviated nasal septum D) Asking what other symptoms the client is experiencing
A patient with a fractured pelvis and a left acetabular fracture is prescribed bedrest. When the patient asks to toilet, which measure would be appropriate?
a. Help patient up on a commode very carefully. b. Turn patient onto right side, place the bedpan behind, and turn back. c. Have patient sit up as high as possible and lift self up with hands pushing on the bed, then slide the bedpan underneath. d. Ask patient to lift straight up using a trapeze mounted above the bed and slide a bedpan underneath from the right side.
Which relationship is an example of staff authority in classical theory?
1. The shift supervisor directs the staff nurse to help another nurse admit two new clients. 2. The unit manager asks the staff nurse to participate in a unit conference. 3. The team leader asks the staff nurse to assume care of an extra client after another nurse goes home ill. 4. The staff nurse's mentor calls to see how the nurse's first day on a new unit progressed.