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The most effective nursing strategy to assist a client in recognizing and using personal strength includes:
- A. encouraging the client's self-identification of strengths
- B. promoting the client's active external thinking
- C. listening to the client and providing advice as needed
- D. assisting the client in maintaining an external locus of control
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Encouraging self-identification of strengths empowers the client to recognize their capabilities, fostering confidence and resilience. External thinking or locus of control may disempower, and advice-giving is less effective than self-discovery.
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A 21-year-old college student has just learned that she contracted genital herpes from her sexual partner. After completing the initial history and assessment, the nurse has data concerning areas pertinent to the disease. The data is likely to include all but which of the following?
- A. voiding patterns
- B. characteristics of lesions
- C. vaginal discharge
- D. prior history of varicella
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The other choices are common reasons for which clients with herpes seek care.
A batterer is usually someone who:
- A. grew up in a loving, secure home.
- B. was an only child.
- C. was physically or psychologically abused.
- D. admits he has a problem with anger.
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Many batterers report having been abused as children.
A client is 36 hours post-op a TKR surgery, 270 cc's of sero-sanguinous accumulates in the surgical drains. What action should the nurse take?
- A. Notify the doctor
- B. Empty the drain
- C. Do nothing
- D. Remove the drain
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The physician should be notified if excessive drainage is noted from the surgical site.
The nurse should utilize data about which of the following to provide information about the nutritional status of a client being evaluated for malnutrition?
- A. triceps skinfold measurement
- B. fasting blood glucose level
- C. hemoglobin A1c level
- D. serum lipid profile results
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Objective anthropometric measurements such as triceps skinfold and mid-arm circumference (MAC), along with weight, are usually used to diagnose malnutrition. While all the other choices represent tests that might provide useful information, they also might be affected by variables other than malnutrition.
A patient is complaining of severe chest pain during a stress test. Which of the following medications is the most appropriate to relieve this discomfort?
- A. Aspirin
- B. Diazoxide
- C. Procardia
- D. Mannitol
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Procardia can provide the quickest relief of ischemic chest pain that is severe in this case.