A nurse who works in a diabetes clinic has been asked to help a 12-year-old patient learn to give his own insulin injections. The nurse demonstrates the technique on a teaching manikin and then asks the patient to demonstrate the task on the manikin
This is best described as what teaching approach? A. Entrusting
B. Telling
C. Participating
D. Reinforcing
A
The entrusting approach provides the patient the opportunity to manage self-care. The patient accepts responsibilities and correctly performs the task while a nurse observes the patient's progress and remains available for assistance.
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A) Hydrocortisone cream applied to a client's rash B) Barrier cream applied to a client's peristomal skin C) Moisturizing cream applied to a client's dry skin D) Potassium chloride elixir used to treat a client's hypokalemia
A nursing student asks the nurse why epinephrine, and not other adrenergic agonists, is used to treat anaphylactic shock. What will the nurse tell the student?
a. "Epinephrine is the only adrenergic agon-ist that may be given parenterally." b. "Epinephrine has the ability to activate multiple types of adrenergic receptors." c. "Other adrenergic agonists have more se-vere adverse effects and are not safe in the doses needed to treat anaphylaxis." d. "Other adrenergic agonists have little or no effects on beta2-adrenergic receptors."
Occupational health nursing is classified as
A) Community-based healthcare B) Institutional healthcare C) Residential healthcare D) Tertiary healthcare
Which term indicates primary strategies that prevent infections transmitted through blood, body fluid, non-intact skin, and mucous membranes?
A. standard precautions B. isolation precautions C. microorganism precautions D. infection precautions