Since 2008 what is the legal minimum staffing radios for a medical-surgical nursing unit?
A) 1:4
B) 1:5
C) 1:6
D) 1:7
Ans: B) 1:5
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A) When taking it with warfarin (Coumadin), an increased anticoagulant effect occurs. B) It decreases hepatic cytochrome P450 3A4 enzymes and decreases metabolism of drugs. C) It has an increased serum half-life, so it is more effective than rifabutin (Mycobutin). D) The urine, tears, sweat, and other body fluids will be a discolored red-orange.
The methodology likely to be most effective in meeting a client's teaching/learning needs preoperatively is
a. teaching only the client. b. teaching the client and family. c. using brief verbal instructions. d. using only written instructions.
Your client asks to keep her full set of dentures in place until the last minute before surgery because her husband has never seen her without her dentures. She also wants them replaced before her husband sees her postoperatively. What should you do?
1. Tell her that they have to come out no matter what. 2. Leave the dentures in, label a denture cup, tell the client to place her dentures in the cup while she is in the holding area, and document what you have done on the preoperative checklist. 3. Leave the client's dentures in place. 4. Report the request to the anesthesiologist, inform the circulating nurse, provide a labeled denture cup, and record the information on the preoperative checklist.
The goal of the nursing care plan is to answer which question regarding the achievement of patient wellness? (Select all that apply.)
a. Why b. When c. How d. Where e. Who