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When caring for a client who has had a colostomy created during treatment for colon cancer, which nursing actions help support the client in accepting changes in appearance or function? - Answer Encourage the client to participate in changing the ostomy., Offer to have a person who is coping with a colostomy visit with the client., Encourage the client and family members to express their feelings and concerns. A newly graduated RN has just finished a 6-week orientation to the oncology unit...

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15 pages

Written in 2026/2027

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The nurse is sitting with the family of a patient who has just received the diagnosis of dementia. The family asks for information on what treatment will be needed to cure the condition. How does the nurse respond? a. "Hormone therapy will reverse the condition." b. "Vitamin C and zinc will reverse the condition." c. "There is no treatment that reverses dementia." d. "Dementia can be reversed with diet, exercise, and medications." - Answer C An older adult take...

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33 pages

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In advancing the NG tube, which technique provides the safest outcome? A. Check the tube placement by instilling air and auscultating over the stomach. B. Rotate the tube if resistance is felt. C. Start with the patient's head flexed. D. Advance the tube in between swallows. - Answer B. Rotate the tube if resistance is felt. Resistance is encountered during urinary catheterization of a male patient. Which action should the nurse take? A. Apply force to insert the catheter farther. ...

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5 pages

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In advancing the NG tube, which technique provides the safest outcome? - Answer Rotate the tube if resistance is felt Resistance is encountered during urinary catheterization of a male patient. Which action should the nurse take? - Answer Ask the patient to take slow, deep breaths The Levin tube and the Salem sump tube are used most commonly for stomach decompression. Which of the following statements about these tubes is true? (Select all that apply.) - Answer The blue air vent ...

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3 pages

Written in 2026/2027

Grade A+

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Milieu Therapy &Lpar;Seclusion&Rpar; - Answer Provides Comfort And Relief To Many Patients Who Can No Longer Control Their Own Behavior&Comma; And Seclusion Serves The Following Purposes∷ Reduces Overwhelming Environmental Stimuli&Semi; Protects A Patient From Injuring Self&Comma; Others &Comma; Or Staff&Semi; Prevents Destruction Of Personal Property Or Property Of Others &Newline; &Newline;Mood - Answer How The Patient Is Feeling &Newline; &Newline;Affect - Answer The Observable Response Of How A Patient Feels &Newline; &Newline;Flat Affect - Answer Immobile Facial &Period;&Period;&Period;

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18 pages

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Agnosia - Answer inability to interpret sensations and hence to recognize things, typically as a result of brain damage. Agraphia - Answer acquired neurological disorder causing a loss in the ability to communicate through writing Alzheimer's - Answer A progressive disease that destroys memory and other important mental functions. Aphasia - Answer loss of ability to understand or express speech, caused by brain damage. Apraxia - Answer inability to perform particula...

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4 pages

Written in 2026/2027

Grade A+

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S/S of PE: - Answer sudden onset dyspnea, sharp stabbing chest pain, tachycardia, crackles, diaphoresis, distended neck veins, hypotension Labs for PE: - Answer BMP, troponin, BNP, d-dimer, ABG, CBC, PTT Whats used to diagnose a PE? - Answer pulmonary angiography Left sided heart failure causes (and name), s/s: - Answer CHF: hypertension, CAD, valve disease s/s: decreased perfusion, pulmonary congestion, edema systolic heart failure - Answer heart cannot contract we...

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7 pages

Written in 2026/2027

Grade A+

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