As you perform a suicide assessment on your patient, you learn that the patient has only one person to call in times of need, has been thinking about suicide frequently in past weeks, and has attempted suicide once before
You believe this patient's suicide risk is:
A) Low
B) Moderate
C) Guarded
D) Imminent
B
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a. Impaired body image b. Skin impairment c. Nutritional deficit d. Injury
The nurse warns that nausea is a common side effect with opioid treatment, and rather than discontinuing the opioid, it is better to treat the nausea with:
a. antiemetics. b. ice chips. c. dry crackers. d. ginger ale.
The nurse is doing nutrition counseling with a 21-year-old pregnant woman in the clinic area. What should the nurse explain to the client about caloric intake during the second and third trimesters of her pregnancy?
A) She will need approximately 450 cal/day increase during the third trimester. B) She will need approximately 450 cal/day increase during the second trimester. C) She will need approximately 500 cal/day increase during the third trimester. D) She will need approximately 500 cal/day increase during the second trimester.
If a patient has a thrombosis in a cerebral artery, he or she would experience
a. a stroke. b. a migraine headache. c. a heart attack. d. angina pectoris.