Caring Eithics Scc Nursing Quarter 4

The nurse in the perioperative area is preparing a client for surgery and notices that the client looks sad. The client says, "I am scared of having cancer. It is so horrible, and I brought it on myself. I should have quit smoking years ago." What would be the nurse's best response to the client?

"It is okay to be scared. What is it about cancer that you are afraid of?"

The client with pyelonephritis asks the nurse, "How will I know whether the antibiotics are effectively treating my infection?" What should the nurse tell the client?

"Your health care provider will take a urine culture."

A nurse is caring for a client diagnosed with pancreatitis. Which of the following is a priority need for nursing management?

Acute pain in the abdomen

A client postoperative from an appendectomy reports feeling cold and has a temperature of 96.2 degrees Fahrenheit. Which action should the nurse do first?

Apply warm blankets to the client.

Scleroderma typically begins with which system involvement?

Integumentary

A nurse is taking the vital signs of a 9-year old child who is anxious about the procedures. Which nursing action would be appropriate when assessing this child?

Perform the blood pressure measurement last.

Which of the following is a characteristic of the care-based approach to bioethics?

The promotion of the dignity and respect of patients as people

The nurse is caring for a client who has been in the hospital for 7 days. When the nurse enters the room to perform the morning assessment, the client tells the nurse he can't wait to go home. What statement by the nurse demonstrates that the nurse is skilled in developing caring relationships?

What do you miss most about being away from home?

A nurse is assessing an immobile client and notes an area of sacral skin is reddened, but not broken. The reddened area continues to blanch and refill with fingertip pressure. The most appropriate nursing action at this time is to:

reposition the client off the reddened skin and reassess in a few hours.

A holistic nurse is caring for a patient experiencing anxiety. The nurse assesses the patient's energy field than uses her hands to promote comfort and a feeling of well being. This practice is termed:

therapeutic touch