Answer to Question 1
Correct Answer: 1
Rationale 1: The client should take the drug on an empty stomach.
Rationale 2: The client does need to discuss constipation with a health care professional.
Rationale 3: The client will need to have a blood draw in 34 weeks. Typically, there is a good response if the client takes the drug consistently.
Rationale 4: Iron does assist the body to build red blood cells.
Global Rationale: The client should take the drug on an empty stomach. The client does need to discuss constipation with a health care professional. The client will need to have a blood draw in 34 weeks. Typically, there is a good response if the client takes the drug consistently. Iron does assist the body to build red blood cells.
Answer to Question 2
Correct Answer: 1
Rationale 1: A client goal should be specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and timed. The client will be self-administering the drug, and the time frame might gradually change to less frequent administration as the blood count improves.
Rationale 2: The goal should be client-directed, not nurse directed. This statement is a nursing intervention.
Rationale 3: Understanding is an internal event that cannot be measured unless the client can state understanding or convey it in some other way.
Rationale 4: The goal should be client-directed, not nurse directed. This statement is a nursing intervention.
Global Rationale: A client goal should be specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and timed. The client will be self-administering the drug, and the time frame might gradually change to less frequent administration as the blood count improves. Understanding is an internal event that cannot be measured unless the client can state understanding or convey it in some other way. The other goals should be client-directed, not nurse directed. These statements are nursing interventions.