A home health nurse is teaching a client and family about how to perform a dressing change. The nurse discussed the dressing change with them, provided written instructions, and left them an agency business card in case they had any questions
What is one reason that the nurse provided such extensive instructions?
a. Elderly people are slow to understand and learn.
b. Legal requirements for teaching must be met through these methods.
c. Role modeling for the procedure is necessary.
d. Senses become less acute with age.
ANS: D
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A) Unwillingness to overmedicate the dying patient B) Medicare rules concerning completion of all cure-focused medical treatment C) Unwillingness of patients and families to acknowledge the patient is terminal D) Lack of knowledge of patients and families regarding availability of care
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1. Swaddling the baby in blankets to keep body temperature stable. 2. Providing nonnutritive sucking. 3. Maintaining IV access for fluids. 4. Keeping the omphalocele moist and on a warmer bed to keep the body temperature stable.
Acting independently, but remaining emotionally close to caregiver, occurs in the
A) toddler. B) school-age child. C) adolescent. D) infant.
Upon entering the examination room, a nurse observes that the client is leaning forward with arms supporting body weight. The nurse would most likely suspect which of the following?
A) Diabetes mellitus B) Heart failure C) Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease D) System lupus erythematosus