The nurse is preparing a 5-year-old for an x-ray. Which of the following would be the best approach to prepare the child for the procedure?
A) "We are going to take some x-rays of your body."
B) "We need to look inside at some of your organs."
C) "X-rays are not painful, you won't feel a thing."
D) "We are going to use a big camera to take pictures inside your body."
D
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1. Number of pedestrian accidents over the last 3 months. 2. Number of accidents involving motor vehicles to avoid bicyclists. 3. Number of schools in the state located on busy commercial highways. 4. Number of tickets for jaywalking issued to pedestrians over the last 3 months. 5. Results of a state survey asking residents if pedestrian crosswalk signs should be installed.
You are caring for a hospice patient who is scheduled for a surgical procedure to reduce the size of the tumor in an effort to relieve pain. How would this hospice patient's surgical procedure be classified?
A) Diagnostic B) Laparoscopic C) Curative D) Palliative
A laboring woman is given a non-particulate antacid in preparation for general anesthesia. The nurse recognizes that the purpose for this medication is to
a. increases the gastric pH level b. help alleviate nausea from the anesthesia c. decrease the accumulation of gas in the stomach d. decrease the volume in the stomach
Which of the following drugs that are used to treat diarrhea needs to be absorbed into the circulation to work?
A. Motofen B. Ephedrine C. Bismatrol D. Kaopectate