a client with a bone cancer states that he is in too much pain to walk today what should the nurse do first
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Multi Dimensional Care | Final Exam

1. A client with a bone cancer states that he is in too much pain to walk today. What should the nurse do first?

Correct answer: A

Rationale: Assessing the pain characteristics helps in managing the client’s pain effectively.

2. By providing measures to reduce skin breakdown, how does the nurse break the chain of infection?

Correct answer: B

Rationale:

3. What is correct about a nursing diagnosis?

Correct answer: A

Rationale: A nursing diagnosis is a clinical judgment about individual, family, or community responses to actual or potential health problems or life processes. Choice A is correct because it identifies nursing diagnosis as related to human responses to health conditions or life processes. Choice B is incorrect because nursing diagnoses can change as the patient's condition changes. Choice C is incorrect because a nursing diagnosis is about responses, not just identifying pathology. Choice D is incorrect because a nursing diagnosis is not the same as a disease, illness, or injury; it is a statement about the patient's response to these conditions.

4. A nurse is teaching a client who has a new prescription for ibuprofen to treat rheumatoid arthritis. The nurse should teach the client to monitor for what adverse effect of this medication?

Correct answer: C

Rationale:

5. Which client is at highest risk of compromised immunity?

Correct answer: A

Rationale:

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