When admitting the trauma patient with a diagnosis of pelvic fracture to the intensive care unit, the nurse's initial interventions will focus on
A) respiratory management.
B) nutritional support.
C) hemorrhage control.
D) mobility status.
C
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After the health history has been obtained and before beginning the physical examination, the nurse should first ask the patient to:
a. Empty the bladder. b. Completely disrobe. c. Lie on the examination table. d. Walk around the room.
It would be considered inappropriate for a nurse to
1. Set a meal tray down on a patient's over-the-bed table and then immediately leave the room. 2. Remove any item from a patient's over-the-bed table before the delivery of meal trays. 3. Assist a patient with dentures before mealtime. 4. Inquire whether the patient needs to go to the bathroom before eating.
Which of the following complications require the woman to leave the pool/bath during labour?
a. fetal distress—FHR irregularity/abnormality b. use of narcotic analgesia c. maternal hyperthermia d. all of the above
The newly graduated nurse is assigned to his or her first dying client. How can the nurse best prepare to care for this client?
a. Complete a course dealing with death and dying. b. Control his or her own emotions about death. c. Draw on the experience of the death of a loved one. d. Develop an understanding of his or her own feelings about death.