When using a tympanic artery thermometer, you should hold the thermometer
A) by its tip.
B) similar to a pencil.
C) at its probe.
D) with two hands.
B
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What is the best strategy for the nurse to employ with this patient? a. Give him an ultimatum to cooperate or face a longer recovery period. b. Allow him to continue this behavior due to his role outside the hospital. c. Provide him with necessary information to actively participate in goal setting. d. Request that a health care provider with a stronger personality take care of him.
A client is in the hospital for heart failure and respiratory management. During a focused assessment, the nurse notes that the client coughs frothy pink sputum. The immediate intervention by the nurse would be to:
1. Place the client in a high Fowler's position. 2. Ask the laboratory to obtain an arterial blood gas. 3. Notify the physician. 4. Stop the administration of oxygen.
Which of the following are examples of low-risk complementary and alternative therapies that nurses can use with their clients?
A. Music, relaxation, and touch B. Acupuncture, massage, and imagery C. Hypnotherapy, spirituality, and relaxation D. Massage, acupressure, and music
The relative of a chronically mentally ill woman requests that the mentally ill woman be committed because of her history of 12 previous hospitalizations and because she sits around the house all day refusing to get dressed
The nurse tells the relative that the woman cannot be committed because: A) There is no evidence that she is a danger to self or others. B) She has used up her hospital coverage. C) It is less than 2 weeks since her most recent hospital discharge. D) She has not voluntarily requested hospitalization.