The nurse is assisting the patient with middle-stage Alzheimer's disease (AD) with dressing. Which action is most appropriate?
a. Select clothes and dress the patient.
b. Layout clothing and coach the patient to dress self.
c. Ask the patient what he wants to wear.
d. Open the closet and tell the patient to choose a shirt.
B
Coaching the patient to dress himself helps preserve dignity and function. Selecting clothes and dressing the patient does not allow the patient to actively participate in any way. Asking the pa-tient what he wants to wear and telling him to choose a shirt could increase confusion and inde-cision.
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The patient is awaiting surgical, oncology, and radiation consults and is scheduled for surgery the day after tomorrow. She tearfully tells the nurse, "I keep thinking about how there is something growing inside me that could kill me. It's like living with a bomb inside you, and you don't know if or when it's going to go off.". Which nursing intervention would be most likely to be helpful? a. Interact frequently with the patient, and provide books and games to help her stay busy and distract her from her negative thinking. b. Validate her feelings, and with her permission, have a member of a breast cancer survivor's support group visit her in her hospital room. c. Provide support and validate her feelings, then offer to have the hospital chaplain stop by to talk with her. d. Sympathize with her concerns, but remind the patient that she has not even had the surgery yet, and the treatments may well rid her of cancer.
Which of the following is not necessarily a concern addressed in shift action plans?
a. resources c. task completion due dates and times b. optimal outcomes d. guidelines for task completion
A frequent parental concern is children's leg length inequality. Asymptomatic leg length inequality is relatively common in children. Is this statement true or false?
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Identify the statement made by the nurse during the discharge instructions to a client with a hiatal hernia that best aids in the prevention of gastrointestinal discomfort
a. You may eat three large meals a day but limit carbohydrate intake. b. If you lie down right after you eat, the food will digest more thoroughly. c. Try to eat six bland small meals per day that are high in fiber. d. Drinking two to three glasses of water with each meal will prevent reflux.