The nurse conducting a Romberg test will ask the patient to do what? (Arrange in the correct sequence. Separate letters by a comma and space as follows: A, B, C, D.)
A. Touch his or her nose with the index finger with the eyes open.
B. Stand with eyes closed.
C. Touch his or her nose with the index finger with the eyes closed.
D. Touch his or her fingertip to nurse's fingertip.
E. Pat the knees with the palms and then the back of the hands rapidly.
B, E, D, A, C
These simple exercises used to assess balance and perception should be performed in order from least to most difficult.
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1. Interviewing the parents to determine the cause of the SIDS incident. 2. Allowing the parents to hold, touch, and rock the infant. 3. Sheltering the parents from their grief by not giving them any personal items of the infant, such as footprints. 4. Advising the parents that an autopsy is not necessary.
The nurse is caring for a patient who is taking trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX). The nurse learns that the patient takes an angiotension-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor
To monitor for drug interactions, the nurse will request an order for which laboratory test(s)? a. A complete blood count b. BUN and creatinine c. Electrolytes d. Glucose
When preparing the discharge teaching plan for the woman who had surgery to correct pelvic organ prolapse, which of the following would the nurse include?
A) Care of the indwelling catheter at home B) Emphasis on coughing to prevent complications C) Return to usual activity level in a few days D) Daily douching with dilute vinegar solution
The factors, exposures, characteristics, and behaviors that determine patterns of disease are described using:
a. Descriptive epidemiology b. Analytic epidemiology c. Distribution d. Determinants