Which of the following nursing interventions is most appropriate for a 16-year-old's stage of growth and development?

A) Controlling the client's environment so that her physical and psychological needs are met
B) Accepting the client's chosen lifestyle,regardless of how risky it may seem to the nurse
C) Assisting the client to develop strategies for resolving conflicts with family and peers
D) Helping the client's parents identify and meet any of the client's unmet needs

A nurse is using the proximodistal pattern to assess an infant's growth and development as normal. Which assessment finding will the nurse determine as normal?

A) Bangs objects before turns
B) Lifts head before grasps
C) Walks before crawls
D) Laughs before coos

When nurses select a conceptual model or nursing theory for their professional practice,it is important for them to compare their own beliefs and values to the philosophical claims underlying the conceptual model they select.

Mediation is an alternative method used to resolve conflict.

As part of the treatment for heart failure, the child takes the diuretic furosemide (Lasix) . As part of teaching home care, the nurse encourages the family to give the child foods such as bananas, oranges, and leafy vegetables. These foods are recommended because they are high in which nutrient?

A) Chlorides
B) Potassium
C) Sodium
D) Vitamins

A patient is complaining of severe knee pain after twisting it during a basketball game and is requesting pain medication. Which action by the nurse is appropriate?

A) Completing the physical examination first and then giving the pain medication
B) Telling the patient that the pain medication must wait until after the x-ray images are completed
C) Evaluating the full range of motion of the knee and then medicating for pain
D) Administering pain medication and then proceeding with the assessment

The nurse manager of a large medical unit in a busy urban teaching hospital reviews the unit trends for staffing,which are determined by an acuity system.The nurse manager notices that the acuity level is high.What should the nurse manager do?

A) More staff may be needed.
B) Talk to the patients.
C) Less staff may be needed.
D) Talk to the families.

A structural curvature of the spine associated with vertebral rotation is known as which of the following?

A) Scoliosis.
B) Osteogenesis.
C) Osteomalacia.
D) Arthritis.

Calls for nursing in the Theory of Nursing As Caring are calls for nurturance of personhood through personal expressions of caring.