While providing a hospital tour, the perinatal nurse shows the compact disc player in the birthing room. Music is encouraged during labor because music:
Select all answers that apply:
A) Increases the production of endorphins
B) Decreases the production of catecholamines
C) Increases the woman's ability to focus
D) Increases maternal distraction
A, C, D
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The nurse gives discharge instructions to a person who has had a modified radical mastectomy of the right side to perform the "elbow pull-in." Place the steps of the exercise in appropriate order
(Separate letters by a comma and space as follows: A, B, C, D) a. Pull elbows forward until they touch b. Lower and straighten the arms c. Extend arms sideways to shoulder level d. Bring elbows back and extend arms e. Clasp hands behind neck
Under ordinary circumstances, how can the question of whether a nurse acted with reasonable care be proved?
A) The expert testimony of nursing witnesses B) The defendant's explanation of what the nurse did C) The trial judge, after checking the outcome of prior similar court cases D) The testimony of expert medical witnesses
You are performing a musculoskeletal assessment on a patient with arthritis. During passive range-of-motion exercises the nurse hears a grating and cracking sound. This assessment finding is correctly referred to as what?
A) Fasciculations B) Clonus C) Effusion D) Crepitus
When the dying patient says, "There is no God. There is no afterlife. When it's over, it's over." The most therapeutic response would be:
1. "You must feel very lonely." 2. "Of course there is a God, and He loves you very much." 3. "Why do you think there is no God?" 4. "You are absolutely right. I think that, too."