Nursing assessment focuses on
1. A client's responses to a health problem
2. The nursing process
3. Documentation
4. The client's database
5.
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Rationale 1: All phases of the nursing process focus on a client's response to a health problem.
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What instruction should a nurse provide to a patient after a culdoscopy?
a. Clean the incision site daily with hydrogen peroxide. b. Avoid vaginal intercourse. c. Return to the clinic for suture removal in 7 days. d. Use tampons.
A patient who is in the first trimester of pregnancy has experienced an incomplete abortion. The obstetric nurse should prepare the patient for what possible intervention?
A) Dilation and evacuation B) Several days of bed rest C) Administration of hydromorphone D) IV administration of clomiphene
The client is prescribed to receive eye medication O.S. The nurse knows to instill the medication:
a. in the right eye. c. in both eyes. b. in the left eye. d. as an ophthalmic salve.
A patient has recently begun taking phenytoin (Dilantin) for a seizure disorder. The nurse notes a reddish-brown color to the patient's urine. Which action will the nurse take?
a. Ask the provider to order a serum drug level. b. Reassure the patient that this is a harmless side effect. c. Report possible thrombocytopenia to the provider. d. Request an order for a urinalysis and creatinine clearance.