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A nurse is collecting data on a client who is experiencing chronic stress. Which of the following is an expected finding?
A. Hypotension
B. Increased cognitive awareness
C. Viral infection
Chronic stress can suppress the immune system, making it easier for viral infections to occur. Hypotension is not a common finding in chronic stress, as the body usually responds to stress by releasing adrenaline, which can increase blood pressure. Increased cognitive awareness and increased energy can occur in response to acute stress, but chronic stress can lead to mental and physical exhaustion.
D. Increased energy
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Full Explanation
Chronic stress can suppress the immune system, making it easier for viral infections to occur. Hypotension is not a common finding in chronic stress, as the body usually responds to stress by releasing adrenaline, which can increase blood pressure. Increased cognitive awareness and increased energy can occur in response to acute stress, but chronic stress can lead to mental and physical exhaustion.
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A nurse is caring for a client who has obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and is constantly picking up after others and cleaning in the day room. The nurse should recognize the client's actions as which of the following?
A. Manipulating and controlling others' behavior.
B. Decreasing anxiety to a tolerable level.
In clients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), cleaning and organizing can be a way of decreasing anxiety to a tolerable level. This behavior is a compulsive behavior that is often related to the individual's obsessions. It is not an attempt to manipulate or control others, limit interaction with others, or focus attention on useful tasks.
C. Limiting the amount of time available for interaction with others.
D. Focusing attention on useful tasks.
Full Explanation
In clients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), cleaning and organizing can be a way of decreasing anxiety to a tolerable level. This behavior is a compulsive behavior that is often related to the individual's obsessions. It is not an attempt to manipulate or control others, limit interaction with others, or focus attention on useful tasks.
A patient without health insurance comes into the Emergency department limping and dripping blood from a head wound. Which of the following should be done first for this patient?
A. Determine triage level and examine and stabilize as needed.
The nurse should determine the patient's triage level and examine and stabilize the patient as needed when caring for a patient without health insurance who is limping and dripping blood from a head wound in the Emergency department. This intervention is the priority because the patient could be at risk of life-threatening complications if their condition is left untreated.
B. Give the patient information about facilities that specialize in treating people without health insurance.
C. Ask the patient to sign in and provide method of payment for services.
D. Transfer the patient to a hospital that specializes in traumatic brain injuries.
Full Explanation
The nurse should determine the patient's triage level and examine and stabilize the patient as needed when caring for a patient without health insurance who is limping and dripping blood from a head wound in the Emergency department. This intervention is the priority because the patient could be at risk of life-threatening complications if their condition is left untreated. Giving the patient information about facilities that specialize in treating people without health insurance, choice B, and asking the patient to sign in and provide method of payment for services, choice C, may be necessary but are not the priority at this time. Transferring the patient to a hospital that specializes in traumatic brain injuries, choice D, may be necessary after stabilizing the patient, but it is not the priority at this time.
The mortality rate for burns is highest in the elderly population. What factors put the very elderly at a high risk? (Select all that apply.)
A. Elderly tend to heal more slowly.
B. The elderly person has a greater proportion of body surface area per amount of body mass.
C. The elderly person has less physiological reserves.
D. Elderly patients have thicker skin.
E. Elderly patients have comorbidities.
Full Explanation
The elderly tend to heal more slowly which can delay wound healing and increase the risk of infection. The elderly person has a greater proportion of body surface area per amount of body mass which increases the amount of skin available for injury, and thus the severity of the burn. The elderly person has less physiological reserves which makes it more difficult for the body to respond to injury and stress. Elderly patients have comorbidities such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and respiratory disease that can impair the body's ability to heal and increase the risk of complications. Elderly patients do not typically have thicker skin as it thins with age.