Author Question: Mrs. Beasley is a 75-year-old patient who is being discharged home after a stroke left her with ... (Read 88 times)

colton · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

Mrs. Beasley is a 75-year-old patient who is being discharged home after a stroke left her with left-sided weakness. The nurse who is planning the patient teaching is determining the best approach for Mrs. Beasley, given her age.

Of the following strategies, which is the best for the nurse to use? A. Provide all the teaching at once, immediately before going home so Mrs. Beasley will remember it.
B. Teach Mrs. Beasley with the aid of a computer to demonstrate that the discharge instructions are on the hospital webpage.
C. Provide Mrs. Beasley with generic patient discharge information about strokes.
D. Provide information based on Mrs. Beasley's needs in frequent sessions.

Question 2

A patient complains of chest pain. The nurse is attempting to assess the pain to differentiate the pain as cardiac, respiratory, or gastrointestinal.

The nurse can properly identify the pain as cardiac in origin when the nurse states that cardiac pain: A. does not occur with respiratory variations.
B. is peripheral and may radiate to the scapular areas.
C. is aggravated by inspiratory movements.
D. is nonradiating and occurs during inspiration.

rnehls · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

D
Effective teaching strategies for the older adult include providing individualized information that is based on what the patient needs to know and presenting information slowly in frequent sessions.

Answer to Question 2

A
Cardiac chest pain is most often substernal and radiates to the left arm and jaw in men, but some women have epigastric pain, complaints of indigestion, or a choking feeling and dyspnea. Peri-cardial pain results from an inflammation of the pericardial sac and is usually nonradiating and often occurs with inspiration. Pleuritic chest pain is peripheral and usually radiates to the scapular region.