A nurse is to provide home care for an ill and frail client. What measure should the
nurse implement to ensure the client's safety?
A) Suggest the use of an alarm system to summon help
B) Provide the client with socks as the main means of footwear
C) Instruct family members to use rugs to cover the floors
D) Do a fall risk assessment of the client's bedroom
A
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a. Toileting the client after breakfast b. Changing the client's incontinence brief when wet c. Encouraging the client to drink fluids d. Recording the client's incontinence episodes
After reviewing a patient's laboratory values, the nurse determines the patient is experiencing fluid volume deficit. Which laboratory value would the nurse cite as supporting this determination?
1. Serum sodium 140 mEq/L 2. Urine specific gravity of 1.003 3. Urine osmolality 330 mOsm/kg 4. Serum potassium 4.3 mEq/L
A qualitative research report written as a realist tale
a. incorporates many details about the group studied. b. is written in a third-person voice. c. A and B. d. Neither A nor B.
A 70-year-old patient who suffers from worsening dementia is no longer able to live alone. The nurse is discussing health care services and possible long-term living arrangements with the patient's only son. What will the nurse suggest?
a. An apartment setting with neighbors close by b. Having the patient utilize weekly home health visits c. A nursing center because home care is no longer safe d. That placement is irrelevant because the patient is retreating to a place of inactivity