When turning the postoperative patient every 2 hours, you should also move the patient's legs
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The nurse is discharging a 15-year-old first-time mother. Which statement should the nurse include in the discharge teaching?
1. "Call your pediatrician if the baby's temperature is below 98°F." 2. "Your baby's stools will change to a golden color when your milk comes in." 3. "You can wipe away any eye drainage that might form." 4. "Your infant should wet a diaper at least six times per day."
A medical surgical nurse has been trained to work in the ICU unit. The nurse has been working in ICU for the past 2 years
During the nurse?s annual appraisal the ICU manager informs the nurse that his performance in not adequate to provide nursing care to this population. The manager informs the nurse they he be transferred back to the medical-surgical unit. Over the past few weeks the manager has pulled this nurse to work in the ICU unit. This type of management style causes: 1. Increased stress. 2. Role ambiguity. 3. Mistrust. 4. Disharmony.
Full recovery is much faster with port access coronary artery bypass versus conventional coronary artery bypass graft
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A client has a patch test done to determine degree of allergic reaction to suspected allergens. After the patches are applied the nurse instructs the client to:
A) return in 48 hours to have the patches removed. B) leave patches on until they fall off on their own. C) return in 1 week to have skin reactions assessed. D) avoid contact with anyone else for 48 hours.