health promotion and maintenance

What is a nurse's most appropriate response, based on current research, when asked about spanking as a disciplinary technique?

"Spanking is strongly suggestive of negative role modeling."

One day in the well-child clinic a parent asks at what age the baby should first be able to drink from a cup. How does the nurse respond?

"Around 12 months."

What is the best nursing action for a client in active labor whose cervix is dilated 4 cm and 100% effaced with the fetal head at 0 station?

Assist the client's coach in helping her with the use of breathing techniques

The nurse is teaching a client who is scheduling a vasectomy. What information is essential that the nurse explain to the client?

At least 15 ejaculations to clear the tract of sperm must occur before the semen is checked.

A 2½-year-old toddler arrives at the well-baby clinic for a routine physical examination. The child opens all of the cabinets in the examination room and carefully moves the tongue depressors and other items to different places. What psychosocial developmental stage does the nurse determine that this child is in?

Autonomy

What can the nurse do to help an older adult successfully complete Erikson's major task at this stage?

Develop a sense of satisfaction when considering past achievements

A client at 10 weeks' gestation tells the nurse that she urinates more often now, without discomfort, and would like to know what she should do in response to this increase in voiding. What does the nurse tell the client to do?

Maintain increased fluid intake during the day.

Thirty minutes after a client gives birth, the nurse palpates the client's uterus. It is relaxed and the lochia is excessive. What is the nurse's initial action?

Massage the uterus.

Where in the brain are respiratory patterns controlled in children?

Medulla

The nurse manager of the infection control service is teaching a class for nurses on the care of young children with viral infection related diarrhea. What therapy should the nurse manager recommend?

Oral rehydration therapy until fluid balance is restored

What type of play does a nurse expect to see while observing a toddler in a playroom with other children?

Parallel

A client asks for and receives instruction regarding birth control methods. She elects to use a diaphragm with a spermicide. Which disadvantage of using a diaphragm should be emphasized to the client?

Some women find its insertion and removal inconvenient.