Nurses should promote activities that reduce patients' risk of cerebrovascular accident (CVA). Which of the following is the most helpful activity to promote for reducing that risk?
A) Maintaining physical activity
B) Managing hypertension
C) Maintaining adequate hydration
D) Getting sufficient nutrition
Question 2The patient has agranulocytosis with a neutrophil count of 10. The most important nursing intervention would be
a. restoring fluid volume deficit.
b. providing oxygen per mask.
c. instituting bleeding precautions.
d. avoiding infection.
Question 3The ethics committee of a hospital has decided that it is unethical to prioritize patients who possess more comprehensive insurance plans than those with minimal or no insurance.
Which of the following principles most clearly underlies this decision? A) Beneficence
B) Justice
C) Fidelity
D) Veracity
Question 4Which of the following statements most accurately captures an aspect of the use of ethics committees in the ethical decision-making process?
A) It is important that lawyers be excluded from ethics committees.
B) Ethics committees should originate within academic and religious contexts rather than health care organizations themselves.
C) Multiple ethics committees are often necessary in order to gain a holistic and balanced perspective on issues.
D) Evaluation by ethics committees of decisions that have been made can lead to the development of policies and better decision making in the future.
Question 5A patient recovering from a stroke at home seems to have a pleasant environment. Family members come in to talk with him, and he has his own familiar clothing and books in his room. A calendar shows the current date.
A television and a radio are near his bed. No one disturbs him with the details of his condition. However, he seems depressed and anxious. A visiting nurse would most likely recommend which of the following? A) Encouraging reminiscence.
B) Giving him antidepressant drugs.
C) Redecorating his room.
D) Giving him more information.
Question 6A patient, an African American, is the mother of a 9-year-old child with sickle cell anemia. She asks the nurse if sickle cell anemia occurs frequently in her race. The correct response is that
a. it is a very rare disease.
b. approximately 1 of 500 African Americans has sickle cell anemia.
c. approximately 1 of 2,500 African Americans has the disease.
d. approximately 1 of 10 African Americans has the disease.
Question 7Good nursing care of a patient who has had a cerebrovascular accident (CVA) can improve the patient's chance of survival and minimize the limitations that impair a full recovery.
In the acute phase, nursing efforts should prioritize which of the following aims? A) Teach compensatory techniques for impaired communication.
B) Talk to the patient during routine activities.
C) Initiation of rehabilitation.
D) Maintain a patent airway.
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