All of the following are ways to make sedatives more effective except
A. allow patients to leave sedatives at the bedside and take as needed.
B. listen to the patient's concerns and fears.
C. reduce the noise level in the patient's room.
D. relax the patient by giving a warm bath or back rub.
Answer: A
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1. Listening to breath sounds in the anterior and posterior lung bases. 2. Checking breath sounds in the anterior and posterior thorax. 3. Listening for air exchange in the bronchus and anterior lobes. 4. Checking for adventitious sounds while having the client cough.
The patient who has been diagnosed with metastatic cancer declines chemotherapy treatments. The nurse assists this patient in explaining this position to other health care providers. What advocacy model is this nurse exemplifying?
1. Rights protection model 2. Values-based decision model 3. Jurisprudence model 4. Patient advocate model
In the results and conclusions sections of a research article about adult morbid obesity and a history of being underweight during the first two years of life, the researcher mentions the strong negative correlation between these two variables
What does the author imply by stating this? (Select all that apply.) a. Some sort of test of correlation was performed and it reached statistical significance. b. A person with morbid obesity is more likely than someone without it to have been underweight during the first two years of life. c. A person with morbid obesity is less likely than someone without it to have been underweight during the first two years of life. d. Having been underweight during the first two years of life prevents morbid obesity in adulthood. e. The researchers avoided a type I error, in relation to the association between these two variables. f. The researchers operationalized the two study variables.
Which action on the part of a novice psychiatric mental health nurse shows a need for future development of altruism?
a. Excusing a patient from attending group because, "all that talking makes me so anxious" b. Not permitting two patients who are physically attracted to each other to engage in public displays of affection c. Placing a physically aggressive patient in restraints when they are unable to inter-nally calm their anger d. Self-reflecting on "why I continue to work with patients who are so emotionally damaged they will never be normal"