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Postmenopausal women are at risk for skeletal changes. When developing a plan of care for postmenopausal women, a nurse should remember which of the following?

The teen pregnancy rate in one community significantly increased; as a result, the school system was seeing an increase in the dropout rate of teenage mothers. A nurse recently worked with the local school system to develop a day care program for the children of high school students so that they could return to school. Which technique did the nurse use?

To maintain normal elimination patterns in a hospitalized patient, why should the nurse encourage the patient to take time to defecate 1 hour after meals?

A 6-year-old is being seen at the clinic for a well-child checkup. The guardian tells the nurse that the child is having difficulty getting to sleep at night and asks for suggestions. What is the nurse’s best response?

A 6-year-old is being seen at the clinic for a well-child checkup. The guardian tells the nurse that the child is having difficulty getting to sleep at night and asks for suggestions. What is the nurse’s best response?

A 54-year-old patient reports to the emergency department with a pericardial effusion. In order to remove the excess fluid from the patient’s pericardial space, which of the following must be performed?

How is the first heart sound (S1) created?

The student nurse asks a nursing assistive personnel (NAP) to help move a patient up in bed. The student nurse instructs the NAP to position the patient in bed to avoid which of the following factors that would contribute to pressure ulcer formation?

How is the first heart sound (S1) created?

A long-term care facility nurse is assessing the patient’s sleep environment for safety. Which finding will cause the nurse to intervene as it is an unsafe situation for the patient?