Teaching and learning/patient education ML4 PrepU

Which instruction about insulin administration should a nurse give to a client?

"Always follow the same order when drawing the different insulins into the syringe."

A nurse acts as preceptor to a student nurse who is performing discharge planning for a client. What statement made by the student nurse about discharge planning indicates that the student needs additional teaching?

"Discharge planning occurs when the patient is discharged."

After teaching an older adult about measures to relieve constipation, which statement by the client indicates a need for additional teaching?

"I should use a laxative every other day."

What target cultural population is a priority for the nurse to educate about prevention of hypertension?

African Americans

A community health nurse has been visiting a diabetic client whose morning fasting glucose levels are constantly elevated. Upon further assessment, the nurse determines that the client's spouse does not understand how to prepare meals following the prescribed diabetic diet. Using Dorothea Orem's Self-Care Theory, how can the nurse help meet the needs of this client?

Arrange an evaluation appointment with a dietitian.

The nurse is caring for a child who is scheduled for genetic testing for cystic fibrosis. The nurse educates the child's parents about which genetic test?

DNA analysis

After undergoing surgery the previous day for a total knee replacement, a client states, "I am not ready to ambulate yet." What should the nurse do?

Discuss the complications that the client may experience if there is lack of cooperation with the care plan.

After teaching a group of students about leukotriene receptor antagonists, the instructor determines a need for additional teaching when the students identify which agent as an example?

Fluticasone

A nurse is preparing to teach a 6-year-old client with a broken arm and the client's mother about caring for the child's cast. Which statement reflects the best education plan for these clients?

Include the child in the education; ask questions of both the mother and the child.

Your client is being treated for streptococcal pharyngitis and is NPO. Her health care provider has ordered Penicillin G to be given IM. She wants to know why she cannot take her medications via an oral route. Your best response is:

Penicillin G is inactivated by gastric acid, therefore it is only given IM or IV.

After teaching a group of students about growth hormone agonists and antagonists, the instructor determines that additional teaching is needed when the students identify which agent as a growth hormone antagonist?

Somatropin

The nurse documents that a client is having a normal sinus rhythm. What characteristics of this rhythm has the nurse assessed?

The sinoatrial (SA) node initiates the impulse.

A client is brought in by ambulance in a nauseous and confused state and demonstrating carpopedal spasm. Initial arterial blood gases show increased pH and HCO3 and normal PaCO2levels. Breathing is slow and shallow. As the nurse caring for this client, you know that potassium salt should be a part of the treatment for this client when?

When hypokalemia is present

Health education of a client by the nurse

is an independent function of nursing practice. SUBMIT ANSWER

When explaining blood supply to the heart muscle, the nurse explains that the left circumflex artery supplies the:

left ventricle.

A client with influenza is prescribed a diet that is rich in fiber and carbohydrates. Which would the nurse incorporate into the education plan as a major reason for the high fiber diet?

maintenance of normal bowel elimination

A nurse from the ambulatory surgical center is preparing discharge instructions for a client who has had pelvic surgery. Which criterion would the client need to demonstrate to ensure that she is ready for discharge?

void normally

A nurse is providing client education to a female client who is taking fludrocortisone. The nurse will instruct the client to monitor what at home?

weight gain

A client is diagnosed with a chronic respiratory disorder. After assessing the client's knowledge of the disorder, the nurse prepares a teaching plan. This teaching plan is most likely to include which nursing diagnosis?

Anxiety

A nurse is monitoring for possible complications in a client who has undergone a laparoscopy. The nurse assesses for signs and symptoms of which of the following? Select all that apply.

Bleeding, bowel injury, bladder perforations.

A nurse is teaching the client about the causes of fast heart rates. What client statement indicates the client requires more teaching?

"I will drink coffee with only two of my meals."

A female client with the beta-thalassemia trait plans to marry a man of Italian ancestry who also has the trait. Which client statement indicates that she understands the teaching provided by the nurse?

"I'll see a genetic counselor before starting a family."

The nurse is caring for a client who is scheduled for the creation of an ileal conduit. Which statement by the client provides evidence that client teaching was effective?

"My urine will be eliminated through a stoma."

A client is receiving morphine through a patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) system following surgery. The nurse states to the client

"Only you are to push the button for medication."

Which instruction should the nurse include when teaching the client following hip replacement surgery? (Select all that apply.)

"Place pillows between your legs when you lay on your side.", "Use a raised toilet seat and high-seated chair.""Avoid bending forward when sitting in a chair."

The nurse is assessing vital signs on a client who is 3 months status post myocardial infarction (MI). While the healthcare provider is examining the client, the client's spouse approaches the nurse and states "We are too afraid he will have another heart attack, so we just don't have sex anymore." What is the nurse's best response?

"The physiologic demands are greatest during orgasm and are equivalent to walking 3 to 4 miles per hour on a treadmill."

A client with a malignant glioma is scheduled for surgery. The client demonstrates a need for additional teaching about the surgery when he states which of the following?

"The surgeon will be able to remove all of the tumor."

After teaching a group of students about the structure of the skin, the nursing instructor determines that the teaching was successful when the group identifies which of the following as the true skin?

Dermis

The nurse is caring for a very anxious child whose pain has not been manageable. The parents stay in the child's room, crying and yelling at each other. Grandparents and other family members are also constantly in attendance. To effectively help the child with pain management, which action should be a priority for the nurse?

Develop a visitation schedule with the family that allows the child to rest. SUBMIT ANSWER

The nurse is caring for a client undergoing conscious sedation. The nurse knows the client is at risk for ineffective breathing patterns. What nursing intervention will help the client demonstrate a normal breathing pattern?

Encourage the client to take deep breaths and cough at least every hour.

A nurse practitioner in an emergency room receives a telephone call from a mother whose 4-year-old child has a mosquito stuck in his external ear canal. Which of the following is the best information the nurse could give the mother?

Instill a few drops of warmed mineral oil to cover the insect.

After teaching a group of students about the cardiovascular system and pressures, the students demonstrate understanding of the information when they identify which area as having the highest pressure?

Left ventricle

The nurse is caring for a client diagnosed with enlarged adenoids. What condition is produced by enlarged adenoids?

Noisy breathing

A nurse is preparing discharge education for a client with a newborn baby. What is the highest priority item that must be included in the education plan?

Restrain the baby in a car seat.

A client who is postoperative from bariatric surgery is diagnosed with bile reflux after reports of severe epigastric pain and vomiting of bilious material. What statements are true regarding this condition? Select all that apply.

Symptoms are usually relieved after pharmacological treatment. and Usually occurs after disruption of the pylorus.

The anatomy and physiology instructor is explaining a cell-mediated response to the pre-nursing students. What actions would the instructor explain occur in a cell-mediated response?

T-cell lymphocytes survey proteins in the body and attack the invading antigens.

A nurse is teaching a group of clients about birth control methods. When providing instruction about subdermal contraceptive implants, the nurse should cite which feature as the main advantage of this method?

The implants provide effective, continuous contraception that isn't user dependent.

A nurse is teaching parents about Internet safety for children. Which actions are recommended guidelines for Internet use? Select all that apply.

Use filtering software to block objectionable information.Investigate any public chat rooms used by the children.Be alert for downloaded files with suffixes that indicate images or pictures

The nurse brings the older adult patient a dinner tray and observes the patient placing excess amounts of salt on the food. What suggestions for flavoring can the nurse provide to decrease the amount of salt the patient is placing on her food? (Select all that apply.)

Use low-sodium herbs and spices,Use pepper instead of salt and Use lemon instead of salt to flavor food.

A cholinergic crisis is characterized by which event?

excessive stimulation of the parasympathetic nervous system