Your 16-year-old client is in for an annual physical. During your assessment, he admits to using recreational street drugs at parties. How should you respond to this admission?
1. Ask nonjudgmental questions about his drug use.
2. Offer to help him find rehabilitation.
3. Call his parents.
4. Pretend he never made the statement.
Question 2
A client who has been admitted to the hospital has experienced starvation. The nurse assigned to this client recalls that during starvation, the basal metabolic rate (BMR):
1. decreases to adjust to the current state.
2. increases for catabolism.
3. stays the same because many of the hormones oppose each other.
4. can vary depending on the person's body mass index.
The phosphorus cycle. Numbers are 1012 g P or fluxes as 1012 g P per year (data from Schlesinger 199
Weber test: Place the base of the tuning fork on top of the client’s head.
Eqiupment and supplies for physical assessment
Patient teaching: nail assessment
Greet a First-Time Client With a Firm Handshake.
Building a Client Base