A hospice nurse is caring for a patient who is dying of pancreatic cancer. The patient tells the nurse “I feel no connection to God” and “I’m worried that I find no real meaning in life.” What would be the nurse’s best response to this patient?

A client is recovering from debridement of the right leg. A nurse encourages the client to eat which food item that is naturally high in vitamin C to promote wound healing?

When caring for patients, the nurse must understand the difference between religion and spirituality. Religious care helps individuals:

A nurse is proving teaching to a patient related to foods which are a good source of potassium. Which food choices made by the patient will indicate that the teaching was successful?

Your patient wears full dentures. His usual denture care includes taking the teeth out once a day to brush. He wears the dentures overnight. You are concerned that he might be at risk for developing denture-induced stomatitis. Which points do you include in a teaching plan for denture care? (Select all that apply.)

A 26-year-old married woman recently discovered that she is pregnant and is at her first prenatal visit. While assessing the patient, the woman’s health nurse practitioner discovers that she has purulent vaginal discharge. The patient states, “It burns when I urinate, and I seem to have to go to the bathroom frequently.” Based on these symptoms, the nurse practitioner determines that further follow-up is needed because the patient:

When caring for patients, the nurse must understand the difference between religion and spirituality. Spiritual care includes:

The nurse is assessing the perineal region of an adolescent female. Upon assessment, the nurse notes the pubic hair to be sparse and slightly pigmented. What Tanner stage will the nurse document?

The nurse is caring for a patient after a surgical procedure who has pneumatic compression devices on the lower extremities.  When the nurse walks into the room the patient states, “I want these things off of my legs.”  What should the nurse do first?

The nurse is discussing foot care w/ client who was recently diagnosed w/ diabetes. Which statement by client indicates need for further teaching?