The nurse is percussing a client's' liver and is assessing liver descent. The nurse would have the client do which of the following?
A) Cough forcefully
B) Hold his or her breath
C) Breathe deeply
D) Perform the Valsalva maneuver
C
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When providing client care and implementing the nursing plan, the nurse utilizes which of the following skills in all nursing activities?
1. Cognitive skills 2. Interpersonal skills 3. Technical skills 4. Psychomotor skills
Which of the following is a probability sampling method?
A) Convenience sampling B) Cluster sampling C) Consecutive sampling D) Quota sampling
On the third week of hospitalization following a spinal cord injury, an adolescent calls you because his face is bright red, and he is sweating profusely. Your first action for him would be to
A) administer mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. B) lower his head to increase cerebral circulation. C) massage his lower extremities to cause vasodilation. D) assess if his retention catheter is blocked.
The nurse is preparing materials to instruct the parents of a newborn. What should the nurse identify as a safety hazard in an infant?
1. Exposure to alcohol consumption 2. Drowning 3. Pedestrian accidents 4. Suffocation in the crib