Care for a patient who has had joint replacement surgery includes all of the following except
A. preventing infection.
B. preventing blood clots.
C. preventing extension.
D. applying antiembolism hosiery.
Answer: C
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A) Heart rate of 68 beats per minute B) Blood pressure of 88/49 mm Hg C) Heart rate of 58 beats per minute D) Blood pressure of 141/92 mm Hg E) Oxygen saturation of 90% on room air
The nurse should assess closely which of the following clients taking disopyramide?
a. a young male c. a client with glaucoma b. an 18-year-old female d. a client also taking digitalis
An alternative framework, representing a synthesis of 10 qualitative validity schemes by Whittemore and colleagues, proposed four primary criteria and six secondary criteria. What is explicitness?
A) Researcher's critical appraisal of every research decision B) Demonstrated by ongoing self-scrutiny to enhance the likelihood that interpretations are valid and grounded in the data C) Ability to follow the researcher's decisions through careful demonstration D) Involves rich and vivid descriptions
The mother of a 4yo child tells the pediatric nurse that the child's abdomen seems swollen. during further assessment, the mother tells the nurse that the child is eating well and that the activity level of the child is unchanged. the nurse, suspecting or Wilms' tumor, should avoid which during the physical assessment?
a. palpate abdomen for mass b. assess the urine for presence of hematuria c. monitoring the temp for presence of fever d. monitoring BP for HTN