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Question 1 of 5

A patient requires assistance with eating. What principle should the nurse follow when feeding the patient?

A. Rush through the feeding to save time
B. Use a large spoon to encourage faster eating
C. Allow the patient to choose the meal entirely
D. Maintain a calm and unhurried pace

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Maintain a calm and unhurried pace

Question 2 of 5

A Hispanic client confides in the nurse that she is concerned that staff may give her newborn the 'evil eye.' The nurse should communicate to other personnel that the appropriate approach is to

A. touch the baby after looking at him
B. talk very slowly while speaking to him
C. avoid touching the child
D. look only at the parents

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: touch the baby after looking at him

Question 3 of 5

The nurse sees a substance abusing client occasionally in the outpatient clinic. In evaluating the client's progress, the nurse recognizes that the most revealing resistant behavior is

A. recurring crises
B. continuing drug use
C. rationalizing comments
D. missing appointments

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: continuing drug use

Question 4 of 5

A client is placed on sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim (Bactrim) for a recurrent urinary tract infection. Which of the following is appropriate reinforcement of information by the nurse?

A. Drink at least 8 glasses of water a day.
B. Be sure to take the medication with food.
C. It is safe to take with oral contraceptives.
D. Stop the medication after 5 days.

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Drink at least 8 glasses of water a day.

Question 5 of 5

The nurse practicing in a long term care facility recognizes that elderly clients are at greater risk for drug toxicity than younger adults because of which of the following physiological changes of advancing age?

A. Drugs are absorbed more readily from the GI tract
B. Elders have less body water and more fat
C. The elderly have more rapid hepatic metabolism
D. Older people are often malnourished and anemic

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Elders have less body water and more fat

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