The nurse explaining epidural anesthesia to a patient would indicate which area as the placement for this type of anesthesia?
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D
4
Rationale: An epidural is administered "above the dura."
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After teaching a client who is being treated for dehydration, a nurse assesses the client's understanding. Which statement indicates the client correctly understood the teaching?
a. "I must drink a quart of water or other liquid each day." b. "I will weigh myself each morning before I eat or drink." c. "I will use a salt substitute when making and eating my meals." d. "I will not drink liquids after 6 PM so I won't have to get up at night."
The nurse manager is calculating minutes of nursing care in order to determine the nurse-patient staffing ratio needed for the next shift
The table to be used for this calculation is as follows: Patient Classification Rating Number of Nursing Hours 1 2 2 2.5 3 3 4 3.5 5 4 6 4.5 The number of patients according to the identified table is as follows: Patient Classification Rating Number of Patients 1 5 2 8 3 3 4 2 5 1 6 1 How many nurses will be needed to staff the care area for the next 8-hour shift? (Round to the nearest whole number.)
The school nurse is discussing safety hazards with a group of parents. The nurse states that it is important to:
1. Lock everything you do not want your child to get to up in a safe place. 2. To place the poison control number and emergency numbers near a phone, or program it into your cell phone. 3. Remind a child to ride on the left side of the road toward traffic when on a bike. 4. Allow a child to use the stove once they are five feet tall.
Human beings normally have 22 pairs of autosomes and 2 pairs of sex chromosomes
Indicate whether the statement is true or false