Scenario: You are running a chair yoga group for the patients. As you are instructing the patients to squat, a female patient starts shaking her glutes seductively and moving her body in inappropriate ways.
Question: describe what actions would be most appropriate for the nurse to take in order to restore a positive milieu during the group. (must be 1-2 paragraphs long for full points).
Answer: The nurse should impart the knowledge as well as beney of the yoga. Nurse should maintain the creative environment so that people should be engaged in performing yoga and concentrating for the positive outcomes. The nurse should encourage the patients to perform the yoga seriously for the improving the health condition of the patients.
Nurse can explain the result of the performing yoga to bring out change in thinking of patients. They need to become more serious regarding their health condition.
Scenario: You are running a chair yoga group for the patients. As you are instructing the...
You are running a group therapy session, allowing each of the patients to share their thoughts, feelings, and experiences. One patient states “I just feel so overwhelmed and depressed. My whole life is driving my kids around, cleaning my house, and cooking dinner for my family. I just can’t do it all anymore.” Another patient replied “Everyone has to do that. Quit playing the victim.” This greatly upset the first patient who starts crying uncontrollably. What should you do? Describe...
Scenario The emergency medical services (EMS) team has brought a 54-year-old female patient to the emergency department where you are working. The EMS personnel state that the patient was found wandering in a nearby park by a jogger, who called 911 from her cell phone after the woman screamed obscenities at her and then fell, seriously scraping her arm and face. The woman is bleeding, disoriented, combative, and accusing the EMS team of stealing her purse. Her hands are shaking...
It is 0715. You are the RN for a group of patients and you have an experienced LPN working with you today. Additionally, there is a nursing assistant assigned to your team and another nurse's team. The following 7 patients require your care. Using the guidelines in chapter 17, answer each of the following questions and provide rationales for each choice. 1. Which patients you will see and in which order? 2. Which patients you will assign to the LPN...
Group 3: Britney is a nurse on the orthopedic unit at a local hospital. She agrees to cover for Paul, another nurse on the unit, during his lunch break. The nursing assistant tells Britney that one of Paul's patients, a 62-year-old female 2 days postoperative for a hip replacement, is complaining of pain in the hip. Britney reviews the medication sheets, finding an order for 50 mg of Demerol every 4 to 6 hours IM or IV push. She notes...
Discussion: Week 4 All Sections 66 unread replies.1111 replies. Scenario 1 A nurse is reviewing the latest lab results for a 44-year-old patient admitted with fever of unknown origin (though meningitis was ruled out). The lab slip indicates that the patient’s white blood cell count is elevated. The nurse calls the physician’s office to discuss the lab results, but the office is closed and the nurse is asked to leave a voicemail message. What should the nurse do? Scenario 2...
Group 2 Scenario: C.L. is a 58-year-old female post op day 1 following coronary artery bypass graft (CABG). C.L. has a history of coronary heart disease and angina; she recently had a coronary angiogram, which indicated that she had several blocked coronary arteries. A traditional CABG was scheduled due to the finding of the angiogram. C.L. is transferred to the ICU after surgery with mediastinal chest tubes. Hemodynamic monitoring lines are in place for the first day. After 4 hours...
Group 2 Scenario: You are working in a community outpatient clinic where you perform the intake assessment on R.M., a 38-year-old woman who is attending graduate school and is very sedentary. Her chief complaint is overwhelming fatigue that is not relieved by rest. She is so exhausted that she has difficulty walking to classes and trouble concentrating when studying. She reports a recent weight gain of 15 pounds over 2 months without clear changes in her dietary habits. Her face...
Group 2 Scenario: You are working in a community outpatient clinic where you perform the intake assessment on R.M., a 38-year-old woman who is attending graduate school and is very sedentary. Her chief complaint is overwhelming fatigue that is not relieved by rest. She is so exhausted that she has difficulty walking to classes and trouble concentrating when studying. She reports a recent weight gain of 15 pounds over 2 months without clear changes in her dietary habits. Her face...
You are a clinical coordinator of a medical unit specializing in the care of patients with kidney and urinary tract disorders. You are charged with making assignments for this unit for the day shift. Your discussion post should be focused on the appropriate assignments of staff members to client groups. Your unit has 12 beds. Currently, your census is 11, with one empty bed. Please include your assignments for the shift with your rationale for making those assignments. Include your...
TUJIULI, THUR, benodiazipine anxiolytic Scenario You are working the afternoon shift in an inpatient psychiatric unit. The patients are in the day room watching a movie when suddenly someone starts yelling. You and other staff rush to the day room to find JJ. a 55-year-old male patient, crouched in the corner behind a chair, yelling at the other patients, "Get down, Get down quick."You and the other staff are able to calm JJ. and the other patients and take JJ.to...