A nurse bullies another nurse colleague. This would be categorized as which type of violence?
A) Horizontal violence
B) Vertical violence
C) Third-party violence
D) External perpetrator violence
A
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A patient who has recently undergone ESWL for the treatment of renal calculi has phoned the urology unit where he was treated, telling the nurse that he has a temperature of 101.1ºF (38.4ºC). How should the nurse best respond to the patient?
A) Remind the patient that renal calculi have a noninfectious etiology and that a fever is unrelated to their recurrence. B) Remind the patient that occasional febrile episodes are expected following ESWL. C) Tell the patient to report to the ED for further assessment. D) Tell the patient to monitor his temperature for the next 24 hours and then contact his urologist's office.
The client states to the nurse, "My healthcare provider says I have heart disease and I need to decrease the cholesterol in my diet. I don't understand how this happened." Which response should the nurse provide the client?
A. "The arteries around your heart are narrowed by low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol buildup in them." B. "Low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol is converted to saturated fat, which is stored in your coronary arteries." C. "It is a good idea to decrease low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol in your diet, although current research has not proven a correlation yet." D. "Too much low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol narrows all the arteries in your body so your heart does not receive enough blood to be healthy."
Pharmacological intervention for patients with urge incontinence include:
A. doxazosin (Cardura) B. tolterodine (Detrol) C. finasteride (Proscar) D. pseudoephedrine
The nurse is attending a neighborhood meeting where a half-way house is being proposed for the neighborhood when a member of the community states, "We don't want the facil-ity; we especially don't want violent people living near us."
The response by the nurse that best addresses the public's concern is: a. "In truth, most individuals with psychiatric disorder are passive and withdrawn and pose little threat to those around them." b. "The mentally ill seldom behave in the manner they are portrayed by movies; they are people just like the rest of us." c. "Patients with psychiatric disorder are so well medicated that they do not display violent behaviors." d. "The mentally ill deserve a safe, comfortable place to live among people who truly care for them."