Lower literacy is a problem that interferes with a patient's ability to deal with the health care setting. What reason can contribute to a patient's literacy problems?
1. The patient is hearing impaired.
2. The patient cannot read health content.
3. The patient's family in not involved.
4. The patient lives alone.
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Inability to read health content often means that a patient cannot read the information nurses or doctors send home with them about their disease, the medications they are taking, and important things they need to know.
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How would the nurse advise a mother to clear the nostrils when her infant has a cold?
a. Clear the nasal passages after the infant has a feeding. b. Use over-the-counter nose drops to clear passages. c. Remove nasal secretions with a bulb syringe. d. Instill saline nose drops after clearing away secretions.
The nurse is caring for a female patient who died a few minutes previously. The patient's family comes in to the room and immediately starts to wash the body in preparation for burial. What is the most appropriate action of the nurse at this time?
a. Inform the patient's family that the body must be transported to the morgue. b. Instruct the patient's family that hospital staff will provide post-mortem care. c. Obtain needed signatures for organ donation and autopsy. d. Offer to provide any needed supplies and provide privacy for the family.
A gerontologic nurse is assessing a patient who has numerous comorbid health problems. What assessment findings should prompt the nurse to suspect a UTI? Select all that apply
A) Food cravings B) Upper abdominal pain C) Insatiable thirst D) Uncharacteristic fatigue E) New onset of confusion