Prior to providing patient education, the medicating practitioner must
A. ensure the patient will take the medications.
B. assess the patient's prior knowledge and literacy level.
C. assess the patient's financial status.
D. ensure the patient understands the information.
B
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The nurse uses information to make decisions using critical thinking. The nurse gains reliable information through:
A) questioning and inference. B) research and observation. C) questioning and assumptions. D) interpretation and assumptions.
While analyzing a patient's lipid panel, the nurse focuses on one value that will increase the patient's risk of developing atherosclerosis. This laboratory value would be:
1. low density lipoprotein 2. high density lipoprotein 3. total cholesterol level 4. triglyceride level
The nurse has been performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on an infant. Which method does the nurse use to determine its effectiveness?
a. Waits for the infant to cry after CPR ceases b. Stops chest compressions to feel for a pulse c. Feels for the pulse during chest compres-sions d. Delivers 30 compressions to each rescue breath
While changing a client's dressing, the nurse notes thick yellow-green drainage on the gauze. How should the nurse document this wound's drainage?
1. Purulent 2. Serous 3. Sanguineous 4. Serosanguinous