A patient is blind. When serving the person's meals, you should do which of the following?
a. Explain the location of food and beverag-es using your fingers.
b. Tell the person the food is laid out the same way it is every day.
c. Open cartons, cut meat, and so on as needed.
d. Ask the person what the food smells like.
C
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Discharge planning should begin:
a. the day before discharge. b. on the first day postoperatively. c. shortly after admission. d. when the doctor orders it.
Upon entering the room of a 74-year-old client receiving brachytherapy for cervical cancer, you find the radiation implant and the position-holding device in the client's bed. What is the nurse's first best action?
A) Assess the client's mental status. B) Use tongs to place the implant in the radiation container. C) Notify the physician and move the client to a different room. D) Don gloves and attempt to reposition the implant and positioning device.
Obesity can be defined as being:
a. above ideal body weight by 20% or more. b. 20 pounds over ideal body weight. c. 100 pounds over normal body weight. d. 10 pounds over normal body weight.
A patient with chronic renal failure who is on dialysis receives an ESA. The nurse caring for this patient during dialysis notes that the patient's hemoglobin is 10.9 gm/dL, up from the 10.2 gm/dL recorded 2 weeks ago
The patient's blood pressure is 120/80 mm Hg. The nurse will contact the provider to suggest: a. adding an antihypertensive drug. b. discontinuing the ESA. c. giving heparin. d. increasing the dose of the ESA.