An astute APRN (advanced practice registered nurse) knows th…
An astute APRN (advanced practice registered nurse) knows that sensitive and careful inquiry are necessary when discussing anxiety with a patient in order to mitigate the stigma surrounding treatment for mental health. Which of the following phrases should the APRN use with the patient to reduce feelings of stigma?
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The advanced practice provider is assessing a patient in the hospital who has received numerous antibiotics and notices that his tongue appears to be black and hairy. In response to his concern, what should the advanced practice provider say?
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A teenage patient comes to the emergency department with complaints of an inability to breathe and a sharp pain in the left side of his chest. The assessment findings include cyanosis, tachypnea, tracheal deviation to the right, decreased tactile fremitus on the left, hyperresonance on the left, and decreased breath sounds on the left. The nurse interprets that these assessment findings are consistent with:
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