A client with quadriplegia complains of fecal impaction. What should the nurse
recommend to the client as part of the continence program?
A) The client should manually disimpact daily
B) The client should eat a low-protein and low-calorie diet
C) The client should maintain a regular time for elimination
D) The client should restrict fluid intake to relieve the problem
Question 2
The nurse caring for clients in a nursing home is performing assessments for mental functioning impairments. Which of the following accurately describes these states?
A) Dementia is poor judgment, impaired memory, and disorientation to time, place, situation, or person.
B) Dementia begins with confusion, sleep disturbances, and restlessness, and progresses to anxiety, delusions, hallucinations, or fear.
C) Symptoms of mild cognitive impairment include ongoing problems in reasoning, judgment, perception, attention, language, reading, and writing.
D) Delirium is a progressive, irreversible, fatal neurologic disorder in which behavioral, intellectual, and emotional changes develop in fairly regular patterns.
A nurse shows empathy to a client.
A nurse communicates with her non–English-speaking patient through an interpreter
Nurse administering enteral nutrition through a feeding tube.
Client and therapist positioning for foot reflexology.
The nurse conveys attentive listening through a posture of involvement
Testing client’s ability to identify dull sensation