What intervention most effectively protects a client with thrombocytopenia?
A. Avoiding the use of dentures
B. Encouraging the use of an electric shaver
C. Taking rectal temperatures
D. Using warm compresses on trauma sites
Ans: B. Encouraging the use of an electric shaver
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The physician has ordered 1000 mL of D5W to infuse 16 hours with a drop factor of 20 gtt/mL. What is the correct IV flow rate in gtt/min?
What will be an ideal response?
The nurse is planning a teaching seminar for a group of teen-age clients who are at risk for obesity. Which of the following will the nurse plan to include in the program for this group?
1. There are drugs that are good to use to reduce weight. 2. Obesity puts the client at risk for anorexia nervosa. 3. The obese client will eventually be bulimic. 4. Prevention of obesity is the priority.
Clinical judgment in prescribing includes:
1. Factoring in the cost to the patient of the medication prescribed 2. Always prescribing the newest medication available for the disease process 3. Handing out drug samples to poor patients 4. Prescribing all generic medications to cut costs
It is important for nurses to develop the skill of ____________________ so that they will have the ability to understand the research process and then be able to sift through and carefully as-sesses all available and credible research findings
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word