In evaluating dietary teaching for a client with chemotherapy-induced neutropenia, the nurse becomes concerned when the client makes which food choice?
a. Fruit salad
b. Applesauce
c. Steamed broccoli
d. Baked potato
A
The client who is neutropenic should be taught to eat a low-bacteria diet. This includes avoiding raw fruits or vegetables and undercooked meat, eggs, or fish.
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The nurse knows that the length of grieving is subjective and bound by cultural considerations, but complicated grief is considered:
A) Incapacitating distress for at least six months and is associated with mental disorders. B) Uncontrolled grief. C) Objective and the same for every culture. D) Inconsolable grief that lasts longer than a year.
A nurse was working with William Rathbone and other social reformers to improve care in the homes of poor residents. What barrier was this nurse likely to have encountered?
a. Poor persons did not want nurses to enter their homes. b. Providing home care to the poor was not accepted by the community. c. Wealthy community members were reluctant to donate money for these services. d. There were not enough nurses to provide adequate services.
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