A person needs suctioning. The nurse is very busy with a family member. You are told to suction the person. What should you do?
a. Refuse the task and explain why.
b. Perform the task as directed.
c. Ask the nurse to show you how to com-plete the task.
d. Ask someone else to do it.
A
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The nurse tells the client that his newly created permanent ileostomy:
1. Will initially produce dark green fecal matter. 2. Will require additional surgery in 2 to 3 months. 3. Was necessary when his condition required a gastroduodenostomy (Billroth I). 4. Should not produce any bloody discharge.
A group of nursing students are given a test on Starfield's (1998) foundations of primary care. Which of the following responses by the students describing the foundations of primary care would indicate that further teaching is necessary?
a. Comprehensiveness c. First contact b. Organization d. Coordination
A nurse is educating a postoperative client on essential nutrition for healing. What statement by the client would indicate a need for more information?
A) "I will drink a lot of orange juice and drink milk, too." B) "I will take the zinc supplement the doctor recommended." C) "I will restrict my diet to fats and carbohydrates." D) "I will drink 8 to 10 glasses of water every day."
Commonly called "_______ _____", nitrous oxide is a gaseous anesthetic first used in the early 1800s in medicine and surgery.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).