Before applying dry heat or cold applications, you need to:
a. Measure water temperature
b. Cover the device
c. Show the person how to change the tem-perature
d. Set a timer
B
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When caring for a client who is at risk for falls, the nurse recognizes that a system that communicates whether the client falls and does not get up via sensors embedded in the hospital room is referred to as
a. telecare. b. health information technology. c. radio frequency identity chips. d. a personal digital assistant.
What represents the usual sequence of neurologic responses to labor?
a. Amnesia, euphoria, sedation, self-centeredness, fatigue b. Euphoria, amnesia, self-centeredness, fatigue, elation c. Self-centeredness, fatigue, elation, euphoria, amnesia d. Euphoria, self-centeredness, amnesia, fatigue, elation
A nurse is reviewing discharge instructions with a patient. The patient asks the nurse why the oral dose of the opioid is so much higher than the intravenous dose he has been receiving. The nurse's best response would be
a. "Only a maintenance dose of the medication is required. Your body already has built up the medication from its intravenous administration." b. "The oral form of the drug passes through the liver and is then metabolized prior to obtaining the desired effect." c. "Opiates are subject to being acid labile and destroyed in the gut, so the dose required is higher." d. "The doses should be the same. The prescriber must think that your pain is not well controlled."
Bathing a patient is done to eliminate body odor, stimulate circulation, and to relax the patient
True False