These individuals give basic nursing care under the supervision of a licensed nurse:
a. Nurse practitioners
b. Social workers
c. Nursing assistants
d. Medical technologists
C
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The nurse is administering albumin 5% to a client in shock. Which nursing action is appropriate when assessing this client?
A) Auscultate breath sounds for inspiratory stridor. B) Auscultate breath sounds for crackles. C) Auscultate breath sounds for hyperresonance. D) Auscultate for an absence of breath sounds in the lower lobes.
The nurse is planning care for a patient. She is using a standardized care plan for Impaired Walking related to left-side weakness. Which of the following activities will the nurse perform when individualizing the plan for the patient?
1) Validating conflicting data with the patient 2) Transcribing medical orders 3) Stating the frequency for ambulation 4) Performing a comprehensive assessment
A group of nursing students are doing their first clinical rotation in a long-term care facility. The nurse educator, in meeting the needs of this particular client group, reminds students to:
A) Treat this group of clients with a different level of respect than younger clients. B) Do all cares for the clients, since they're unable to do them independently. C) Always remember that the client's self-respect must be maintained in all interactions of the students. D) Make sure the clients' cares are done in a timely manner, and sometimes that means doing things for the client.
Which of the following statements correctly identifies factors that contribute to medication errors?
1. A nurse who observes the five rights will prevent all medication errors from occurring. 2. Nurses are always liable when a medication error occurs. 3. Handwritten orders are more frequently associated with medication errors than are typed orders. 4. An incorrect dose (based on weight) is ordered, dispensed, and administered to a patient. The administering nurse and ordering clinician would be the only parties held accountable.