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A client with urinary tract calculi needs to avoid which of the following foods?
- A. lettuce
- B. cheese
- C. apples
- D. broccoli
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The client with urinary tract calculi needs to avoid cheese, which has high calcium content. The other foods do not.
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A family member of a client with a diagnosis of Schizophrenia asks about the prognosis. The nurse's response is based on the knowledge that schizophrenia:
- A. affects women more often than men.
- B. is usually diagnosed between the ages of 15 and 45.
- C. is a chronic, deteriorating disease with periods of remission.
- D. is diagnosed later in women due to a protective hormone effect.
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Although all of the choices are true about schizophrenia, only Choice 3 answers the question asked.
The nurse is caring for a client who is dying. While assessing the client for signs of impending death, the nurse observes the client for:
- A. elevated blood pressure.
- B. Cheyne-Stokes respiration.
- C. elevated pulse rate.
- D. decreased temperature.
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Cheyne-Stokes respirations are rhythmic waxing and waning of respirations from very deep breathing to very shallow breathing with periods of temporary apnea, often associated with cardiac failure. This can be a sign of impending death.
The highest incident of child abuse occurs in children in which age group?
- A. birth-3 years old
- B. 4-6 years old
- C. 6-10 years old
- D. more than 10 years old
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Children between birth and 3 years of age have the highest rates of victimization (at 16 per 1,000 children). Girls are slightly more likely to be victims than boys.
A primary belief of psychiatric mental health nursing is:
- A. most people have the potential to change and grow.
- B. every person is worthy of dignity and respect.
- C. human needs are individual to each person.
- D. some behaviors have no meaning and cannot be understood.
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Every person is worthy of dignity and respect. Every person has the potential to change and grow. All people have basic human needs in common with others. All behavior has meaning and can be understood from the client's perspective.
A violation of a patient's confidentiality occurs if two nurses are discussing client information in which of the following scenarios?
- A. With a physical therapist treating the patient
- B. With a social worker planning for discharge
- C. With another nurse on duty to plan for break time
- D. In the hallway outside the patient's room.
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Hallway discussions should not occur, because you do not know who is listening, even though it may be a professional discussion.