How would a nurse record the behavior when a patient with Alzheimer disease attempts to eat using a napkin rather than a fork?
Bobby Green is a 19-year old college student who is admitted…
Bobby Green is a 19-year old college student who is admitted after having recurring seizures. Which of the following is commonly used to control generalized tonic-clonic seizures?
As you assist with immunizations at a health clinic, you inf…
As you assist with immunizations at a health clinic, you inform the patients that immunizations provide which kind of protection?
An 83-year-old patient has had a stroke. He is right-handed…
An 83-year-old patient has had a stroke. He is right-handed and has a history of hypertension and “little” strokes. He presents with right hemiplegia. To afford him the best visual field, the nurse should approach him:
An anxious patient enters the emergency room with angioedema…
An anxious patient enters the emergency room with angioedema of the lips and tongue, dyspnea, urticaria, and wheezing after having eaten a peanut butter sandwich. What should be the nurse’s first intervention?
The nurse has given suggestions to the client with trigemina…
The nurse has given suggestions to the client with trigeminal neuralgia about strategies to minimize episodes of pain. The nurse evaluates that the patient needs reinforcement of information if the patient makes which of the following remarks?
A transfusion using blood from one’s own blood is called a(n…
A transfusion using blood from one’s own blood is called a(n) _____ transfusion, which. is the best defense against a transfusion reaction. Which response best completes this statement?
What would the nurse recommend for a 94-year-old home health…
What would the nurse recommend for a 94-year-old home health patient with deteriorated cell-mediated immunity?
The patient who had an asthma-like reaction to a desensitiza…
The patient who had an asthma-like reaction to a desensitization shot was medicated with a subcutaneous injection of epinephrine. What effect should the nurse assure the anxious patient this will have?
What are the effects of normal aging on the nervous system?…
What are the effects of normal aging on the nervous system? (Select all that apply.)