Clients are taught to use a clean technique for irrigating, changing, or inserting catheters at home
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
True
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The nurse instructs a patient who has just been prescribed a protocol of fluoxetine HCl (Prozac) that the drug takes ____ to ____ weeks to take effect
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
A patient with schizophrenia has been taking an antipsychotic drug for several days. The nurse enters the patient's room to administer a dose of haloperidol [Haldol] and finds the patient hav-ing facial spasms
The patient's head is thrust back, and the patient is unable to speak. What will the nurse do? a. Administer the haloperidol as ordered. b. Discuss increasing the haloperidol dose with the provider. c. Request an order to give diphenhydra-mine. d. Request an order to give levodopa.
The nurse is preparing to admit a 6-year-old child with celiac disease. What clinical manifestations should the nurse expect to observe? (Select all that apply.)
a. Steatorrhea b. Polycythemia c. Malnutrition d. Melena stools e. Foul-smelling stools
An infant has had surgery to correct a congenital heart defect. The physician placed a chest tube in the infant. The nurse should carry out which of the following interventions to maintain the integrity of the tubes:
a. Maintain the bottles above the level of the chest b. Keep rubber-shod Kelly clamps available at all times c. Have a sterile gauze dressing available to place over the site if the tube is removed d. Do not allow the infant to be transported until the tubes are removed