Which patient should take the varicella vaccine?
1. A child who stepped on a rusty nail
2. An adult who has never been immunized
3. A health care worker
4. Any child under 1 year of age
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In special circumstances, certain biologic agents may be used to modify a disease process in the previously unimmunized person.
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A patient has a bacterial skin infection. Which medication can be applied to the lesion?
A) Bacitracin B) Benzoyl peroxide C) Butenafine (Mentax) D) Clotrimazole (Lotrimin)
The nurse is observing a student nurse care for a neonate undergoing intensive phototherapy. Which action by the student nurse indicates that she understands how to provide care for an infant undergoing intensive phototherapy?
1. Urine-specific gravity is assessed each voiding. 2. Eye coverings are left off to help keep the baby calm. 3. Temperature is checked every six hours. 4. The infant is taken out of the isolette for diaper changes.
A nurse is teaching parents of a toddler about language development. Which statement best identifies the characteristics of language development in a toddler?
a. Language development skills slow during the toddler period. b. The toddler understands more than he or she can express. c. Most of the toddler's speech is not easily understood. d. The toddler's vocabulary contains approx-imately 600 words.
1. Place the following steps in the suctioning procedure for a patient with a tracheostomy in proper order (1–7). All options must be used
A. ____ Connect oxygen source to manual resuscitation bag. B. ____ Connect catheter to suction tubing, and turn on suction to level specified by institution policy. C. ____ Pour saline into sterile container. D. ____ Suction small amount of saline into catheter. E. ____ Use thumb to stop suction, and insert catheter through tracheostomy tube until patient coughs or resistance is met. F. ____ Oxygenate patient with three ventilations using a manual resuscitation bag connected to an oxygen source. G. ____ Slowly withdraw catheter, suctioning intermittently while rotating it.