If side rails are ordered for a patient, they should be
A. used as the point of attachment for restraints.
B. attached securely before you leave the room.
C. raised before your gloves are removed.
D. used to secure the catheter bag to the bed.
Answer: B
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The nurse is providing guidance strategies to a group of parents with toddlers at a community outreach program. Which statement by a parent indicates a correct understanding of the teaching?
a. "I should expect my 24-month-old child to express some signs of readiness for toilet training." b. "I should be firm and structured when disciplining my 18-month-old child." c. "I should expect my 12-month-old child to start to develop a fear of darkness and to need a security blanket." d. "I should expect my 36-month-old child to understand time and proximity of events."
Most persons with diabetes are insulin dependent, or type I
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
A patient begins to fall during ambulation. The nurse should
1. Hold the patient upright. 2. Keep his or her back bent while lowering the patient. 3. Keep his or her knees straight while lowering the patient. 4. Allow the patient to slide down his or her leg to the floor.
A father brings his 6-month-old infant into the clinic with a four day history of nighttime, seal-like cough. The infant is afebrile, tachycardic, and tachypneic with a pulse oximetry reading of 98 percent
What interventions would you expect the physician to order for this child? 1. Cool mist tent with supplemental oxygen, racemic epinephrine, and corticosteroids 2. Beta adrenergics aerosolized, cool mist tent, and periodic testing of blood glucose levels 3. Close monitoring of respiratory status, cool mist tent, beta adrenergics, and corticosteroids 4. Close monitoring of respiratory status, supplemental oxygen with simple mask, and racemic epinephrine