When teaching a mother to care for her newborn's umbilical cord, which of the following instructions would you include?
A) Keeping it dry
B) Washing it with soap and water
C) Applying petroleum jelly to it daily
D) Covering it with dry gauze
A
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A unit has a protocol for research on medications. The protocol identifies essential items that must be shared with clients to ensure ethical nursing practice. Which of the following factors should be shared with clients?
1. Problems that all other clients have had in the study 2. Risks that can be encountered 3. All aspects of the research study 4. Cost of the research
The nurse is teaching discipline strategies to the parents of a 4-year-old boy. Which response from the parents indicates a need for more teaching?
A) "We should remove temptations that lead to bad behavior." B) "We must explain how we expect him to behave." C) "We should let him know bad behavior makes us angry." D) "We must praise him for good behavior."
A newborn has been diagnosed with Hirschsprung's disease. The parents ask the nurse about the symptoms that lead to this diagnosis. The nurse should explain that common symptoms are:
1. Acute diarrhea; dehydration. 2. Failure to pass meconium; abdominal distention. 3. Currant jelly, gelatinous stools; pain. 4. Projectile vomiting; altered electrolytes.
The regulation of red blood cell (RBC) production is thought to be controlled by:
a. hemoglobin. b. tissue hypoxia. c. reticulocyte count. d. number of RBCs.