Which statement will elicit the most important information from a patient who reports abdominal pain for the past week?

When should screening for intimate partner violence occur?

Which of the following are at risk for under-nutrition? (Select all that apply.)

Which technique will the nurse use when performing a physical assessment on an older adult?

According to Petty and Cacioppo (1986), humor tends to operate via the ________________ route to persuasion.

A  patient comes to the emergency department with complaints of inability to breathe and has a sharp pain in the left side of his chest. The assessment findings include cyanosis, tachypnea, tracheal deviation to the right, and absent breath sounds over the left chest. The nurse interprets that these assessment findings are consistent with:

When an older adult patient is alert and oriented to person and place only, which instrumental activity of daily living would the nurse expect to assess? (Select all that apply).

The nurse is interviewing a cognitively intact older adult. Which questions will be included in the screening for elder abuse or neglect? (Select all that apply)

The nurse is teaching a group of patients about the effects of smoking cigarettes. Which effects of smoking will be included in the teaching? (Select all that apply)

A young adult patient at the outpatient clinic states, “I feel so sad all of the time. I’m unhappy even doing things I used to like to do.” Which question should the nurse ask next?