The nurse prepares discharge teaching for a client receiving isosorbide dinitrate for treatment of angina. What information must the nurse include?
A) Limit exercise to 30 minutes twice per week.
B) Avoid alcohol consumption.
C) Monitor intake and output.
D) Report skin flushing to the physician.
Ans: B) Avoid alcohol consumption.
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The nurse is working with a male client undergoing psychiatric rehabilitation. Which of the following actions by the client exhibits reaching a goal of rehabilitation?
1. Eating only one meal per day and drinking many energy drinks 2. Refusing to take prescribed medications 3. Doing his own laundry 4. Having his mother go grocery shopping for him
A gravida client at 32 weeks of gestation reports that she has severe lower back pain. The nurse's assessment should include:
a. Observation of posture and body mechanics. b. Palpation of the lumbar spine. c. Exercise pattern and duration. d. Ability to sleep for at least 6 hours uninterrupted.
You are working in an outpatient surgery center caring for a patient who had a hemorrhoidectomy. What instructions would you provide this patient when you discharge him?
A) Keeping the perianal area clean by washing with washcloths moistened with cool water B) How to take a sitz bath C) What position to sit in D) Keeping the perianal area clean by rubbing the area with moist cotton wipes