Mrs. Lee has just returned to the ICU after having a cerebral aneurysm clipped. The most important parameter that the nurse should assess is
A) pupillary response to light.
B) gag reflex.
C) extremity movement and sensation.
D) level of consciousness.
D
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Especially when working with mentally or emotionally troubled clients, a caregiver's biggest challenge can be helping them to ____ the treatment plan
1. know about 2. comply with 3. understand 4. complain about
A nurse is teaching a client with myasthenia gravis how to take the anticholinesterase medications. What specific instructions should the nurse give the client?
a. Eat a snack before taking c. Take within 2 hours of waking b. Take on an empty stomach d. Take with 8 ounces of water
An HIV-positive client with pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) is confused and keeps removing the intravenous piggyback (IVPB) needle during the administration of his trimetho-prim-sulfamethoxazole (Bactrim)
Select the instructions by the charge RN to the LPN adminis-tering medications that would best rectify this situation. a. Give the client his as-needed (PRN) seda-tive a half hour before the IVPB medica-tion. b. Assign one of the certified nursing assis-tants (CNAs) to stay with the client during the medication administration. c. During the 30 minutes the medication in-fuses, place the client in bilateral wrist restraints. d. Call the physician and request the medica-tion by mouth.