The nurse concludes that a significant goal of the care plan for an alcoholic patient has been met when the patient makes which statement?

Which drug is often used in date rape?

The nurse recommends a breathing technique to help a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to empty the lungs of used air and to promote inhalation of adequate oxygen. What is this method of breathing called?

Which is important for the nurse to assess when inspecting the skin of a patient?

The nurse has staged a pressure injury that has a shallow crater with a dry pink wound bed in which way?

What definition should the nurse use to clarify the concept of "mental health"?

The older adult female patient is concerned about incontinence when she sneezes. What is the correct terminology for this type of incontinence?

How should the nurse document the behavior of a patient with mental illness?

A patient admitted to the hospital after a motorcycle crash that has left him paralyzed from the waist down tells the nurse he has feelings of helplessness and hopelessness. What other feelings may the patient have that should be recognized?

A young adult patient has come into a dermatology clinic and reports having had a single 1-in lesion that was scaly with a raised border and a pink center on the chest. Now, a little more than a week later, there are smaller matching spots of the rash on both sides of the chest. The nurse observes pink, oval-shaped spots that are 1⁄4 to 1⁄2 in across. What condition does the nurse suspect the health care provider will diagnose?

When communicating with an older adult patient who has difficulty hearing, how should the nurse change her speech?