Mark is the nurse admitting Mr. Kern to the neurology unit of the hospital. Mr. Kern is an 82-year-old man who lives at home with his wife of 60 years.
His daughter and her family live next door to the Kerns and help care for them. Mrs. Kern has diabetes and hypertension, which are both controlled with medication and diet. As Mark develops a plan of care for Mr. Kern, he should consider which of the following nursing diagnoses?
A. Risk for caregiver role strain
B. Disabled family coping
C. Impaired parenting
D. Ineffective role performance
Question 2
A registered nurse has been practicing as an operating room nurse for the past 6 years.
She is a member of the Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses (AORN) and attends the national conference annually to keep abreast of the latest research in that field of nursing. This is an example of maintaining which of the following American Nurses Association Standards of Performance? A. Quality of practice
B. Collegiality
C. Practice evaluation
D. Education
A nurse shows empathy to a client.
EMS personnel respond to emergencies and transport patients to the hospital.
A functional renal unit.
Schematic depiction of the action of tryptophan synthase in one functional unit
The nurse conveys attentive listening through a posture of involvement