The nurse is explaining the importance of fetal activity assessment to the client. What should the nurse do to best reinforce the significance of fetal kick counting to the client?
A. Perform daily phone calls to the client at work or home.
B. Review the client's written record of fetal movement at each visit.
C. Ask the client to remember to count the fetal movements.
D. Explain the rationale for counting fetal movement to the client.
B
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A) Administer antidiarrheal medications on a scheduled basis, as ordered. B) Encourage the patient to eat three balanced meals and a snack at bedtime. C) Increase the patient's oral fluid intake. D) Encourage the patient to increase his or her activity level.
While developing the plan of care for a new patient on the unit, the nurse must identify expected outcomes that are appropriate for the new patient. What is a resource for identifying these appropriate outcomes?
A) Community Specific Outcomes Classification (CSO) B) Nursing-Sensitive Outcomes Classification (NOC) C) State Specific Nursing Outcomes Classification (SSNOC) D) Department of Health and Human Resources Outcomes Classification (HHROC)
What are supportive interventions that can assist an infant with a chronic illness to meet developmental milestones? (Select all that apply.)
a. Encourage consistent caregivers. b. Encourage periodic respite from demands of care. c. Encourage one family member to be the primary caretaker. d. Encourage parental "rooming in" during hospitalization. e. Withhold age-appropriate developmental tasks until the child is older.
Jim is a 60-year-old man who presents with vomiting. He denies seeing any blood with emesis, which has been occurring for 2 days. He does note a dark, granular substance resembling the coffee left in the filter after brewing. What do you suspect?
A) Bleeding from a diverticulum B) Bleeding from a peptic ulcer C) Bleeding from a colon cancer D) Bleeding from cholecystitis