The nurse is orienting a visually impaired patient to a meal plate. Which action is most appropriate?
a. Identify the location of the plate.
b. Hold the patient's hand and direct it to the plate.
c. Place eating utensil in the patient's hand.
d. Identify food according to an imaginary clock face.
D
Identifying food location by position on an imaginary clock face is helpful to the visually im-paired patient.
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The nurse instructs a client with asthma on bronchodilator therapy. Which statement indicates client understanding?
A) "The medication widens the airways because it acts on the parasympathetic nervous system." B) "The medication widens the airways because it stimulates the fight-or-flight response of the nervous system." C) "The medication widens the airways because it decreases the production of histamine that narrows the airways." D) "The medication widens the airways because it decreases the production of mucous that narrows the airways."
The client is to receive Compazine (prochlorperazine) 10 mg IM every 4 hours prn for nausea and vomiting. The medication is available as Compazine (prochlorperazine) 5 mg/mL. How many mL should the nurse administer?
What will be an ideal response?
A client asks why the intravenous fluid contains glucose. What should the nurse respond to this client?
a. "It is easily digested." b. "It will help you feel better faster." c. "Glucose is an energy source for the body." d. "Glucose aids in the prevention of dehydration."
The nurse is caring for a pediatric patient who has sustained burns to the back of the torso and the back of one leg. The nurse calculates that this child has burns covering what percentage of total body surface area using the Rule of Nines formula?
A) 9% B) 18% C) 25% D) 36%