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1. After teaching a client how to perform diaphragmatic breathing, the nurse assesses the client's understanding. Which action demonstrates that the client correctly understands the teaching? a) The client lays on his or her side with his or her knees bent. b) The client places his or her hands on his or her abdomen. c) The client lays in a prone position with his or her legs straight. d) The client places his or her hands above his or her head. correct answer: b) The client places his o...

What is the nurse's best defense if a patient alleges nursing negligence? A) testimony of other nurses B) testimony of expert witnesses C) patient's record D) patient's family correct answer: C) patient's record A nurse is documenting the intensity of a patient's pain. What would be the most accurate entry? A) "Patient complaining of severe pain." B) "Patient appears to be in a lot of pain and is crying." C) "Patient states has pain; walking in hall with ease." D) "Patien...

What is the difference between pneumothorax, tension pneumothorax, and hemothorax? correct answer: pneumothorax = air or gas in pleural space causing lung collapse (but some air is escaping on expiration) tension pneumothorax = air or gas in the lungs THAT CANNOT EXIT ON EXPIRATION hemothorax = blood in plural space (hemopneumothorax = blood and air) In a tension pneumothorax, air cannot escape: (+/-) pressure compresses makes lungs not be able to inflate How does this affect...

Bell's Palsy correct answer: Peripheral Facial Nerve Paralysis (CNVII) -Benign, unilateral -cause unknown -Flaccidity of affected side of face w/dropping of mouth -recovery within a few weeks or months. Small number have long term facial paralysis Bell's palsy Clinical manifestations correct answer: -increased pain -inability to close eys -tearing -flattening of naso-labial fold -loss of taste -dropping of mouth -fever -tinnitus -pain behind the ear on affected side Bell's...

What are peripheral arterial disease correct answer: disorders that alter the natural flow of blood through the arterial and veins of the peripheral vasculature. connection between diabetes and hypertension correct answer: diabetes damages blood vessels which contributes to hypertension and they have the same risk factors prevalence of hypertension in men vs. women correct answer: higher prevalence in men younger than 45 but higher in women after age 54. what percentage of Americans ...

What is the somatosensory cortex vs. the association cortex (limbic system) responsible for in regard to how we sense pain? correct answer: somatosensory = location and intensity of pain association/limbic = how a person feels about it (how we associate the pain with ourselves) What is modulation in regard to pain? correct answer: AKA reflex response -- protective reflex response that occurs with pain reception to try to inhibit the pain impulse anymore Gate-Control theory of pain: Clos...

What is the perioperative period correct answer: The total surgical episode What are the three phases of the perioperative period correct answer: Preoperative Intraoperative Postoperative What is the preoperative phase correct answer: period of time from decision for surgery until patient is transferred into operating room What is the intraoperative phase correct answer: Period of time between when patient is transferred to OR bed to when patient is transferred to Post Anesthesia ...