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✔✔What teaching should the nurse give a client with a virus who intents to purchase an
OTC (over the counter) combination cold remedy?
a. Recommend an antitussive, like dextromethorphan if they have a productive cough
b. These agents are best used in conjunction with an antibiotic
c. It is safer to use a single-agent preparation if you are only experiencing one symptom
d. Since these agents are available over the counter, it is safe to use any of them as
long as needed - ✔✔c
Only take what you need!!!! Avoid overdosing and taiing medications that you do not
need to avoid making symptoms and illness worse
✔✔The most appropriate initial nursing intervention when the nurse notes dysfunctional
interactions and lack of family support for a patient would be to
a. enforce hospital visiting policies.
b. monitor the dysfunctional interactions.
c. notify the primary care provider.
d. role model appropriate support. - ✔✔d
✔✔The nurse caring for a patient would identify a need for additional interventions
related to family dynamics when
a. extended family offers to help.
b. family members express concern.
c. the ill member demands attention.
d. memories are shared. - ✔✔c
✔✔Two women have an established long-term relationship and are attending parenting
classes in anticipation of finalizing adoption of a baby. The nurse identifies them as
which type of family?
a. Cohabiting
b. Nuclear
c. Same-sex
d. Single parent - ✔✔c
✔✔When reviewing the purposes of a family assessment, the nurse educator would
identify a need for further teaching if the student responded that family assessment is
used to gain an understanding of which aspect of the family?
a. Development
, b. Function
c. Political views
d. Structure - ✔✔c
✔✔Which factors which would alert the nurse to negative/dysfunctional family
dynamics?
a. Aging of family members
b. Chronic illness of a family member
c. Disability of a family member
d. Intimate partner violence - ✔✔d
✔✔Which vitamin is given in large doses to facilitate wound and bone healing?
a. Vitamin A
b. Vitamin D
c. Vitamin C
d. Niacin - ✔✔c
✔✔A 94-year-old patient has a severe dry cough. He has coughed so hard that the
muscles in his chest are hurting. He is unsteady on his feet and slightly confused.
Which drug would be the best choice for this patient's cough?
a. Benzonatate capsules
b. Dextromethorphan oral solution
c. Codeine cough syrup
d. Guaifenesin - ✔✔b
Dextromethorphan does not cause respiratory or CNS depression, and it is not an
opioid. Guaifenesin is an expectorant that is used to thin excessive mucus, which this
patient does not have.
✔✔When developing a teaching plan for a client who is taking warfarin (Coumadin),
which foods would the nurse suggest the client consume to maintain a consistent intake
of vitamin K?
a. Liver, milk and eggs
b. Brussel sprouts, cauliflower, and spinach
c. Fortified cereals, whole grains and nuts
d. Dried peas and beans, wheat germ and seeds - ✔✔b
leafy greens!!!!!
✔✔Which description would the nurse associate with serous drainage from a wound?