You need to assess a patient for biologic gender. Which of the following factors would be most important to assess?
A) Temperament
B) Hair distribution
C) Occupation
D) Ability to love
B
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1. N95 or higher respirator 2. Shoe covers 3. Gown 4. Eye protection 5. Gloves
The nurse uses the Braden scale to assess the client's pressure ulcer risk. Which client score mandates that the nurse implement aggressive prevention measures for pressure ulcers?
1. Less than 13 2. 15 to 18 3. Greater than 18 4. Less than 23
The nurse reviewing charts for quality improvement notes that a patient experienced a complication during labor. The nurse is uncertain whether the labor nurse took the appropriate action during the situation
What is the best method for the nurse to take to determine what the appropriate action should have been? 1. Call the nurse manager of the labor and delivery unit and ask what the nurse should have done. 2. Ask the departmental chair of the obstetrical physicians what the best nursing action should have been. 3. Examine other charts to find cases of the same complication, and determine how it was handled in those situations. 4. Look in the policy and procedure book, and examine the practice guidelines published by a professional nursing organization.
The nurse is preparing to give the child an intramuscular injection. The nurse's best approach would be to:
a. smile and laugh about the injection b. say, "I am going to give you a little stick." c. say, "Good little children don't cry." d. say, "I am going to give you an injection that may hurt a little."