The nurse explains to a group of nursing students that gerontology is:
1. A health specialty that focuses on the care of older adults
2. The study of adults from 45 to 65
3. The study of older adults
4. Health promotion of older adults
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Rationale: Geriatrics is a health specialty that focuses on care of older adults
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In your role as a school nurse, you are performing a sports physical on a healthy adolescent girl who is planning to try out for the volleyball team. When it comes time to listen to the student's heart and lungs, what is your best nursing action?
A) Perform auscultation with the stethoscope placed firmly over her clothing to protect her privacy. B) Perform auscultation by holding the diaphragm lightly on her clothing to eliminate the "scratchy noise." C) Perform auscultation with the diaphragm placed firmly on her skin to minimize extra noise. D) Defer the exam because the girl is known to be healthy and chest auscultation may cause her anxiety.
The perinatal nurse teaches the postpartum woman about the normal process of diuresis that she can expect to occur approximately 6 to 8 hours after childbirth. Which hormones are responsible for the diuresis? (Select all that apply.)
A. Estrogen B. Norepinephrine C. Oxytocin D. Prolactin E. Progesterone
Upon assessment of a patient with regional enteritis, the nurse will expect to elicit pain when she palpates the patient's:
A) Left lower quadrant B) Right lower quadrant C) Left upper quadrant D) Right upper quadrant
What intervention should a nurse implement when providing tracheostomy care?
a. Wash and rinse the inner cannula in tap water and then dry it. b. Use a sterile solution of normal saline or other solution to wash the inner cannula and then rinse with sterile water. c. Clean the area around the stoma with tap water and a gentle soap. d. Remove the inner cannula, wash both hands with a bactericidal soap, and then don sterile gloves to clean the inner can-nula.