The nurse is developing a therapeutic relationship with a newly assigned client. What is an important action to facilitate this relationship?

A client is intoxicated and demanding to be released. The nurse tells the client, “If you don’t stop yelling, I’m going to have you held down, and I’ll give you a shot to sedate you.” With what crime might the nurse be charged? 

When administering oral medications, which practices should the nurse follow? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.

Which of the following represents the difference between therapeutic communication and social conversation? In therapeutic communication, 

The nurse is caring for a group of clients on a surgical unit at risk for complications due to immobility. Which independent nursing intervention will decrease the client’s risk of pneumonia?  

For a client on bed rest, in which position does the nurse place the client to promote lung expansion? 

An IV of 1000 mL 0.9% Normal Saline is hung at 2300.  The hourly rate is 80 mL/h.  What time will the infusion be completed in military time?

The nurse monitors a client for which complication(s) of immobility? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.

The healthcare provider orders an IVPB of vancomycin (Vancocin) 250 mg in 150 mL NS to infuse over 1½ hours on an IV infusion pump. What VTBI (volume to be infused) will the nurse program the pump?

Silence is a therapeutic technique frequently used by nurses. The primary reason silence is used in therapeutic communication is that it