Where should employee health records be stored?

Some people readily become ill when under stress.Others are able to deal with tremendous stress and remain physically and mentally healthy.This disparity is affected by a person's level of hardiness.How can you apply this knowledge to your nursing care?

A) You cannot use this information at all. People are innately hardy or not. This is something that you must merely recognize.
B) You should encourage all people to develop some level of hardiness to help them get through difficult physical and emotional times.
C) You should assess for your own level of hardiness: If you are hardy, you will be a better nurse; if you are not, you can learn more about hardiness.
D) You can assess for hardiness in patients; you can encourage hardy patients to learn about their illness as a means for them to be more comfortable.

The nurse practitioner is performing an annual physical examination on an 86-year-old female.What assessments are most important for the nurse to include in her examination? Select all that apply.

A) Height and weight
B) Papanicolaou (Pap) test
C) Colon cancer screening
D) Gait and balance

The wife of a 65-year-old man tells the nurse that she is concerned because she has noticed a change in her husband's personality and ability to understand. He also cries very easily and becomes angry. What part of the cerebral lobe is responsible for these behaviors?

A) Frontal
B) Parietal
C) Occipital
D) Temporal

The nurse is providing care for a patient who is recovering in the postanesthesia care unit (PACU) .Given that the patient is restricted to the supine position,which intervention provides the patient with adequate chest expansion?

A) Keeping the bed flat during recovery
B) Positioning the patient's hands over his chest
C) Flexing the neck and turning the head to the side
D) Extending the neck and turning the head to the side

Which prescription medication would the nurse expect to be prescribed for a patient diagnosed with a somatic symptom disorder?

A) Narcotic analgesics for use as needed for acute pain
B) Antidepressant medications to treat underlying depression
C) Long-term use of benzodiazepines to support coping with anxiety
D) Conventional antipsychotic medications to correct cognitive distortions