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A nurse at a long-term care facility is caring for a client who requires oral suctioning. Which of the following supplies should the nurse plan to use for this task? - yankeurs catheter rationale: A Yankauer catheter is a clean suction catheter used when performing oral and oropharyngeal suctioning to remove secretions from the client's mouth to facilitate breathing or obtain a sample for diagnostic evaluation. A nurse in a long-term care facility is serving on the ethics committee, which...

A nurse is caring for a client who experienced a traumatic head injury and has an intraventricular catheter (Ventriculostomy) for ICP monitoring. The nurse should monitor the client for which of the following complications related to the ventriculostomy?: a. Headache b. Infection c. Aphasia d. Hypertension - b. Infection Monitor for infection and use strict asepsis to avoid life-threatening meningitis. A nurse is providing education to a client who is to undergo an EEG the next day. Wh...

Nurs 513 Weberg Exams 2024

Nutrition - The nurse is caring for a client who refuses most foods on the dietary tray. Which nursing intervention is appropriate? a) Contact the healthcare provider to prescribe an appetite stimulant. b) Delegate feeding assistance to the unlicensed assistive personnel. c) Assess when client generally eats meals. d) Allow the client privacy during mealtime. - c) Assess when the client generally eats meals The nurse is providing care for a patient whose abdominal fistula has necess...

1. A school nurse is teaching a class of sophomores about the relationship between the risk of sexually transmitted disease (STD) and risk-taking behaviors. A key point to include is: a. all STDs are easily preventable with consistent condom use. b. once a young woman is pregnant, she is no longer at risk for most STDs. c. STDs are most likely to be transmitted during a student's initial sexual encounter. d. use of alcohol and drugs makes a student more likely to make decisions that result ...

A 25-year-old male presents to his primary care provider reporting changes in facial features. CT scan reveals a mass on the anterior pituitary, and lab tests reveal severely elevated growth hormone (GH). Which of the following would the healthcare professional also expect to find? - Hyperglycemia A 54-year-old patient with pulmonary tuberculosis is evaluated for syndrome of inappropriate ADH secretion (SIADH). Which electrolyte imbalance would be expected in this patient? - Hyponatremia H...

One of the most important rules of the leader is evidenced in the capacity to anticipate and predict future ___________and translate and for those persons she or he leads. A. Legislations B. Regulations C. Challenges D. Expectations - D Translating change into a language that colleagues can understand facilitates the most important aspect for successful change. What is this aspect? A. Staff engagement B. Staff awareness C. Staff understanding D. Staff acknowledgement - A The im...

Types of Anesthesia - Local- Any technique to induce the absence of sensation in part of the body, generally for the aim of inducing local analgesia, that is, local insensitivity to pain. (Ex. Stiches) Regional-Is anesthesia affecting a large part of the body, such as a limb or the lower half of the body. Spinal and Epidural- anesthesia only stop the sensation in part of the body, and generally patients are awake. Usually stops the feeling from the stomach down. (Ex. include epidural for c...

An example of a nursing activity that best reflects the American Nurses Association's definition of nursing is a. Treating dysrhythmias that occur in a patient in the coronary care unit b. Diagnosing a patient with a feeding tube as being at risk for aspiration c. Setting up protocols for treating patients in the emergency department d. Offering anti-anxiety drugs to a patient with a disturbed sleep pattern - b. Diagnosing a patient with a feeding tube as being at risk for aspiration (...

Nausea and Vomiting - N/V Microgram - mcg Nothing by mouth - NPO milliequivalent - mEq Soduim - Na A client comes to the ER complaining of severe abd pain and is restless and anxious. Which statement by the nurse appropriately offers reassurance? - I'll give you some medication to help relieve the pain. The nurse is caring for a client who speaks French as their primary language. The client is accompanied by two friends who fluently speak French and English. The nurse would: -...