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client tells a nurse, "Don't tell anyone but I hid a sharp knife under my mattress in order to protect myself from my roommate, who is always yelling at me and threatening me." Which of the following actions should the nurse take? A) Keep the client's communication confidential, but talk to the client daily, using therapeutic communication to convince him to admit to hiding the knife. B) Keep the client's communication confidential, but watch the client and his roommate closely....

A community mental health nurse is planning strategies to address substances use by adolescents. Which of the following interventions should the nurse plan as a method of primary prevention? A. Offer substance use treatment options for adolescents from low-income households. B. Encourage the use of random testing for substance use for adolescents participating in extracurricular activities. C. Educate high school teachers about how to detect the manifestations of substance use. D. Provide ...

1) Assessment -- Correct Answer --systemic collection of information; nurse collects patient health data 2) collaborative problems -- Correct Answer --physiologic complication whose treatment requires both nurse and physician prescribed interventions 3) compiled throughout subsequent care -- Correct Answer --Focus Assessmen

what is the significance of AV nicking? -- Correct Answer --this is indicative of longstanding hypertension 2. A 15-year-old male has worked this summer as a lifeguard at a local swimming pool. He complains of itching in the groin area. He is dx with tinea cruris. The NP is likely to identify -- Correct Answer --well marginated half moon shape mac

1. ____________ ____________ should not be disassembled in the field -- Correct Answer --Oil buffers 2. (True/False) All synthetics are impervious to sunlight. -- Correct Answer --False 3. (True/False) Compensating ropes improve traction between hoist ropes and drive sheave. -- Correct Answer --True

1. a crane is needed to hoist controllers on to the roof. who is responsible for making the lift plan? -- Correct Answer --lift director 2. a mechanic attaches a chainfall to a hoisting beam with a beam clamp. what happens to the capacity of the hoisting beam? -- Correct Answer --it is reduced to 50% of original capacity 3. after installing machine beams you must attach beams to carry the 2:1 dead end hitch plates. which of the following beam types is best suited for this application -- Correc...

1. _______should not be disassembled in the field. -- Correct Answer --Oil Buffers 2. A reference mark from which vertical measurements are made is known as a -- Correct Answer --Bench Mark 3. All cab modernization should be performed at what floor? -- Correct Answer --Top floor

1) Assessment -- Correct Answer --systemic collection of information; nurse collects patient health data 2) collaborative problems -- Correct Answer --physiologic complication whose treatment requires both nurse and physician prescribed interventions 3) compiled throughout subsequent care -- Correct Answer --Focus Assessment 4) Completed within the first 14 days of admission -- Correct Answer --Functional Assessment

1) 4 basic nursing roles -- Correct Answer --caregiver, educator, collaborator, delegator 2) active listening -- Correct Answer --demonstrating full attention to what is being said; hearing both the content being communicated and the unspoken message 3) Affective touch -- Correct Answer --touching that demonstrates concern or affection

*Lightly touching or applying pressure* to the body using fingertips, back of hand, or palm of hand. *Surface of skin and feeling vibration* -- Correct Answer --Palpation Providing info: -*Temp* -*Moisture* -*Tenderness* -*Vibrations* *Striking or tapping the body with fingertips* to produce vibratory sounds -- Correct Answer --Percussion -Least used by nurses Sounds: -Empty= Resonant -Thud= Dull

1. Active Listening -- Correct Answer --demonstrating full attention to what is being said, hearing both the content being communication and the unspoken message. 2. Advanced Practice Nursing Roles -- Correct Answer --Nurse practicitioner, nurse midwifery. 3. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act-2009 -- Correct Answer --This legislation authorizes the following: 1) Loan repayment programs and scholarships for nursing students. 2) Funding for public service announcements to encourage more p...

***AN ACTUAL NURSING DIAGNOSTIC STATEMENT CONTAINS THREE PARTS:*** +++ -- Correct Answer --1. NAME OF THE HEALTH-RELATED ISSUE OR PROBLEM AS IDENTIFIED IN THE NANDA LIST. 2. ETIOLOGY (ITS CAUSE) 3. SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS EXAMPLE: 1. DISTURBED SLEEP PATTERN = PROBLEM 2. RELATED TO EXCESSIVE INTAKE OF COFFEE = ETIOLOGY 3. AS MANIFESTED BY DIFFICULTY IN FALLING ASLEEP, FEELING TIRED DURING THE DAY, AND IRRITABILITY WITH OTHERS (SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS). ***COLLABORATIVE PROBLEMS*** -- Correct Answer ...

1. Assessment -- Correct Answer --systematic collection of information. 2. Collabrative Problems -- Correct Answer --physiologic complication whose treatment requires both nurse- and physician-prescribed interventions. 3. Concept Mapping -- Correct Answer --organizing information in a graphic or pictorial form.

1. Adaptation Theory -- Correct Answer --Any change in a person's circumstances can result in adaptive changes in other components of their life 2. Basic needs theory -- Correct Answer --Each person has basic needs that must be met for optimal health. 3. Environmental theory? -- Correct Answer --External conditions can prevent, suppress, or contribute to disease or death.

3. Disposing of contaminated linen, equipment, and supplies in such a way that nurses do not transfer pathogens to others. 4. Using infection control measures to prevent pathogens from spreading when transporting laboratory specimens or clients. -- Correct Answer --Possible infection control measures that nurses implement, depending on the type of precautions used 1. Open in the back to reduce inadvertent contact with the client and objects 2. They have close-fitting wristbands to help avoid ...

1. Caring skills -- Correct Answer --Nursing interventions restore or maintain person's health. 2. Comforting Skills -- Correct Answer --Nurse becomes the stabilizing figure, the guide, companion this supportive relationship evokes trust and reduces fear & worry. 3. Counseling Skills -- Correct Answer --Communicating with pt's actively listening to the exchange of information, health teaching, demonstrating emotional health.

1. active listening -- Correct Answer --demonstrating full attention to what is being said; hearing both the content being communicated and the unspoken message 2. ADLs (activities of daily living) -- Correct Answer --acts that people normally do every day 3. advanced practice -- Correct Answer --specialized areas of nursing expertise, such as nurse practitioner and nurse midwifery 4. art -- Correct Answer --ability to perform an act skillfully

Only one inventory account, Inventory, appears in the financial statements of a merchandising concern. A manufacturer normally has three inventory accounts: Raw Materials, Work in Process, and Finished Goods. Companies report the cost assigned to goods and materials on hand but not yet placed into production as raw materials inventory. They report

A provision of what act permits the U.S. president to authorize communications through the chairman of the JCS, placing the chairman in the communications chain of command? -- Correct Answer --the public law 99-433, goldwater-nichols department of defense reorganization act of 1986 According to basic requirements of the unit training program, when

A in salute -- Correct Answer --Activity ABU Shirt -- Correct Answer --The long sleeved ABU shirt sleeves may be rolled up. If rolled up, the visible sleeve material must match the shirt and will touch or come within 1 inch of the forearm when the arm is bent at a 90 degree angle. The ABU shirt may be removed in the immediate work area as determine