As the student progresses through the course of study, the clinical experience will
1. Involve assisting with the care of one client.
2. Involve assisting with more clients with more complex illnesses and needs.
3. Involve performing skills for the first time on the client.
4. Involve reading when not busy with the patient assignment.
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Rationale 1: As the course of study progresses, the student will be assigned more than one client.
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a. He might have to drive to get together with them and then drive home after drinking. b. Legal drug use almost always precedes use of illegal drugs. c. Obesity is a major health problem, and alcohol is very high in calories. d. The teenager's parents are obviously a dysfunctional family.
After an hour of oxytocin therapy, a patient in labor experiences headache and vomiting. What should the nurse do?
A) Assess the vagina for full dilation. B) Notify the physician and stop the infusion. C) Instruct the patient to breathe in and out rapidly. D) Administer oral orange juice for added potassium.
To test for Homans' sign, the nurse would:
1. dorsiflex the client's foot while the knee is flexed at 90 degrees. 2. plantarflex the client's foot while the hip is slightly flexed. 3. plantarflex the client's foot while the knee is extended. 4. dorsiflex the client's foot while the knee is slightly bent.
Which statement indicates that a client understands teaching about the correct use of a corticos-teroid medication?
a. "This drug can reverse my symptoms during an asthma attack." b. "This drug is effective in decreasing the frequency of my asthma attacks." c. "This drug can be used most effectively as a rescue agent." d. "This drug can be used safely on a long-term basis for multiple applications daily."