NURSING 1020 (NURSING 1020)

A physician starts a client on the Antipsychotic medication haloperidol (Haldol). The nurse is aware that this medication has extrapyramidal adverse effects. Which measures should the nurse take during haloperidol administration? Select all that apply. 1. Review subcutaneous injection technique. 2. Closely monitor vital signs, especially temperature. 3. Provide the client with the opportunity to pace. 4. Monitor blood glucose levels. 5. Provide the client with hard candy. 6. Monitor for ...

1. Nurses who make the best communicators a. Develop critical thinking skills. b. Like different kinds of people. c. Learn effective psychomotor skills. d. Maintain perceptual biases. ANS: A Nurses who develop critical thinking skills make the best communicators. Just liking people does not make an effective communicator because it is important to apply critical thinking standards to ensure sound effective communication. Just learning psychomotor skills does not ensure that the nurse will ...

1. A nurse is asked about the goal of patient education. What is the nurse’s best response? The goal of educating others is to help people a. Meet standards of the Nurse Practice Act. b. Achieve optimal levels of health. c. Become dependent on the health care team. d. Provide self-care only in the hospital. ANS: B The goal of educating others about their health is to help individuals, families, or communities achieve optimal levels of health. Although all state Nurse Practice Acts acknow...

A newly hired experienced nurse is preparing to change a patient’s abdominal dressing and hasn’t done it before at this hospital. Which action by the nurse is best? a. Ask another nurse to do it so the correct method can be viewed. b. Check the policy and procedure manual for the agency’s method. c. Change the dressing using the method taught in nursing school. d. Ask the patient how the dressing change has been recently done. ANS: B The Joint Commission requires accredited hospital...

Test Bank Chapter 25:patient Education Questions and Answers MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. A nurse is asked about the goal of patient education. What is the nurse’s best response? The goal of educating others is to help people a. Meet standards of the Nurse Practice Act. b. Achieve optimal levels of health. c. Become dependent on the health care team. d. Provide self-care only in the hospital. ANS: B The goal of educating others about their health is to help individuals, families, or communitie...

Chapter 23: Legal Implications in Nursing Practice Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. A newly hired experienced nurse is preparing to change a patient’s abdominal dressing and hasn’t done it before at this hospital. Which action by the nurse is best? a. Ask another nurse to do it so the correct method can be viewed. b. Check the policy and procedure manual for the agency’s method. c. Change the dressing using the method taught in nursing school. d. Ask the patient how the dressing ...

Test Bank chapter 22:Ethics and values Questions and Answers MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Four patients in labor all request epidural analgesia to manage their pain at the same time. Which ethical principle is compromised when only one nurse anesthetist is on call? a. Justice b. Nonmaleficence c. Beneficence d. Fidelity ANS: A Justice refers to fairness and is used frequently in discussion regarding access to health care resources. Here the just distribution of resources, in this case pain ma...