A client is reporting chest pain. What statement made by the client, helps the nurse to understand this client has a naturalistic belief in the cause of
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A. "My life is really out of balance."
B. "I knew I should have changed my diet."
C. "I should have gone to church last week."
D. "I forgot to take my medicines last night."
A. "My life is really out of balance."
The cause of disease may be viewed from three ways: biomedical, naturalistic, magicoreligious. People who conform to the naturalistic perspecive of disease causation, believe that the forces of nature must be kept in a natural balance or harmony.
A nurse is working in a healthcare facility that serves a diverse population. What action(s) by the nurse will allow the nurse to empathize with and understand this population? (Select all that apply.)
A. Be open to people who are different
B. Have a curiosity about people.
C. Become culturally competent.
D. Interact with each person the same way.
E. Request nurses take care of patients with the same ethnicity.
F. Always request an interpreter for people from other countries.
A. Be open to people who are different
B. Have a curiosity about people.
C. Become culturally competent.
As a health professional, the nurse is expected to listen to, empathize with, and understand people. To fulfill this role, nurses must first be open to people who are different from them, have a curiosity about people, and begin a journey to being culturally competent.
Which statement is accurate about assessing the spleen?
A. It must be enlarged at least three times normal size for it to be palpable.
B. It is easily felt by reaching the left hand behind the 11th and 12th ribs.
C. It is normally felt by rolling the client on the right side and palpating.
D. It is a firm mass palpated slightly left of midline in the upper abdomen.
A. It must be enlarged at least three times normal size for it to be palpable.
Normally the spleen is not palpable at all and must be enlarged by three times its normal size to be felt. To search for it, the nurse must reach the left hand over the abdomen and behind the left side at the 11th and 12th ribs and lift up for support. The nurse should place the right hand obliquely on the left upper quadrant (with the fingers pointing toward the left axilla) and push the hand deeply down and under the left costal margin while asking the client to take a deep breath. Under normal circumstances, the nurse should feel nothing firm.
What is the best place for the nurse to hear lower lobe lung sounds with a stethoscope?
A. Posterior chest below the 3rd intercostalspace.
B. Posterior-axillary line at the 4th intercostal space.
C. Anterior chest at the level of the 4th intercostal space.
D. Anterior-axillary line at the 5th intercostal space.
A. Posterior chest below the 3rd intercostal space.
The posterior chest below the level of the 3rd intercostal spaces is occupied entirely by the lower lobes. This makes the posterior chest the best place for the nurse to hear lower lobe lung sounds with a ste [Show Less]