,The family of an older adult client brings him to the emergency department
after finding him wandering outside. During the initial assessment, the
nurse notes that the client flinches when she palpates his abdomen yet
response to questions only by nodding and smiling. Which of the following
factors should the nurse identify as a likely explanation for the clients
behavior?
A. he is hard of hearing
B. pain
C. confusion
D. language barrier
C
(since the client was manifesting signs of confusion before coming to the
emergency department and currently seems unable to understand or respond to
speech, the nurse should determine that the client has confusion)
A staff nurse is talking with the nursing supervisor about the stress that she
feels on the job. Which of the following are true about work-related stress?
(Select all that apply.)
1. Job-related stress can affect the quality of patient care.
,2. Stress can affect nurses' efficiency and decision making.
3. Nurses who talk about feeling stress are unprofessional and should calm
down.
4. Nurses frequently experience stress with the rapid changes in health care
technology.
5. Nurses cannot resolve job-related stress.
1, 2, 4
A crisis intervention nurse is working with a mother whose Down
syndrome child has been hospitalized with pneumonia and who has lost her
child's disability payment while the child is hospitalized. The mother
worries that her daughter will fall behind in special-school classes during
hospitalization. Which strategies are effective in helping this mother cope
with these stressors? (Select all that apply.)
1. Referral to social service process reestablishing the child's disability
payment
2. Sending the child home in 72 hours and having the child return to school
3. Coordinating hospital-based and home-based schooling with the child's
teacher
4. Teaching the mother signs and symptoms of a respiratory tract infection
, 5. Telling the mother that the stress will decrease in 6 weeks when
everything is back to normal
1, 3, 4
Dementia is defined as a
a. syndrome that results only in memory loss.
b. disease associated with abrupt changes in behavior.
c. disease that is always due to reduced blood flow to the brain.
d. syndrome characterized by cognitive dysfunction and loss of memory.
D
The clinical diagnosis of dementia is based on
a. CT or MRS.
b. brain biopsy.
c. electroencephalogram.
d. patient history and cognitive assessment.
D
The early stage of AD (Alzheimer's Disease) is characterized by
a. no noticeable change in behavior.
b. memory problems and mild confusion.
after finding him wandering outside. During the initial assessment, the
nurse notes that the client flinches when she palpates his abdomen yet
response to questions only by nodding and smiling. Which of the following
factors should the nurse identify as a likely explanation for the clients
behavior?
A. he is hard of hearing
B. pain
C. confusion
D. language barrier
C
(since the client was manifesting signs of confusion before coming to the
emergency department and currently seems unable to understand or respond to
speech, the nurse should determine that the client has confusion)
A staff nurse is talking with the nursing supervisor about the stress that she
feels on the job. Which of the following are true about work-related stress?
(Select all that apply.)
1. Job-related stress can affect the quality of patient care.
,2. Stress can affect nurses' efficiency and decision making.
3. Nurses who talk about feeling stress are unprofessional and should calm
down.
4. Nurses frequently experience stress with the rapid changes in health care
technology.
5. Nurses cannot resolve job-related stress.
1, 2, 4
A crisis intervention nurse is working with a mother whose Down
syndrome child has been hospitalized with pneumonia and who has lost her
child's disability payment while the child is hospitalized. The mother
worries that her daughter will fall behind in special-school classes during
hospitalization. Which strategies are effective in helping this mother cope
with these stressors? (Select all that apply.)
1. Referral to social service process reestablishing the child's disability
payment
2. Sending the child home in 72 hours and having the child return to school
3. Coordinating hospital-based and home-based schooling with the child's
teacher
4. Teaching the mother signs and symptoms of a respiratory tract infection
, 5. Telling the mother that the stress will decrease in 6 weeks when
everything is back to normal
1, 3, 4
Dementia is defined as a
a. syndrome that results only in memory loss.
b. disease associated with abrupt changes in behavior.
c. disease that is always due to reduced blood flow to the brain.
d. syndrome characterized by cognitive dysfunction and loss of memory.
D
The clinical diagnosis of dementia is based on
a. CT or MRS.
b. brain biopsy.
c. electroencephalogram.
d. patient history and cognitive assessment.
D
The early stage of AD (Alzheimer's Disease) is characterized by
a. no noticeable change in behavior.
b. memory problems and mild confusion.
