While the nurse I monitoring Mr. H closely, which additional responsibility is best to assign to the LPN?
A. Initiate a blood transfusion for a post-abdominal hysterectomy client
B. Prepare a client with renal failure for a scheduled dialysis treatment
C. Complete the admission assessment for a client with renal calculi
D. Teach a client with cancer how to administer bolus tube feedings
Answer: B. Prepare a client with renal failure for a scheduled dialysis treatment
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When assessing the coping measures of families under stress, the first priority of the nurse should be to:
1. determine the type of coping mechanisms used by the family in the past. 2. consider the relationship of the family members. 3. relieve the anxiety and fear of the family members. 4. determine what stressors the family is currently experiencing.
Which statement best explains the importance of electronic medical record use?
1. It takes less time for nurses to document. 2. Patient care is improved. 3. Access to the record is limited to nurses, so no other disciplines' charting gets priority. 4. Passwords are permanent, therefore lost passwords are not an issue.
A patient is receiving another course of chemotherapy as his cancer treatment after some previous radiation treatments. He asks about several cancer words, which he has heard re-ferring to him
Correct interpretation of these words for this patient are that: 1. alopecia refers to the darkening of the skin over his cancer area. 2. carcinogen refers to some of the materials in his environment such as cigarettes, asbestos, and mercury. 3. biotherapy refers to special diet foods and specific vitamins that he will need to take on a regular basis now. 4. antineoplastic refers to drugs that increase the spread of his cancer.
Both members of an expectant couple are carriers for phenylketonuria (PKU), an autosomal recessive disorder. In counseling them about the risk to their unborn child, the nurse should tell them that
a. The child has a 25% chance of being affected. b. The child will be a carrier, like the parents. c. The child has a 50% chance of being affected. d. One of four of their children will be affected.