Assessment reveals that an older client has osteomalacia. Which of the following would be most important to include in the client's teaching plan?
A) Practice risk prevention for fractures.
B) Keep exercise to a minimum to decrease pain.
C) Minimize movements to maintain joint stability.
D) The risk for arthritis increases with age.
A
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An older patient has an unintentional weight loss of 20 pounds in the last 3 months. What should the nurse teach the patient's family to prevent further loss of weight?
1. Provide liquid nutritional supplements with meals. 2. Add nonfat milk powder to scrambled eggs to add more protein. 3. Encourage the patient to resume smoking to increase the appetite. 4. There is nothing to change as weight loss is a normal part of aging.
The client who requires long-term intravenous therapy and will be having a central VAD inserted asks the nurse what the differences are between a tunneled and a nontunneled central VAD. What is the nurse's best response?
A. "Tunneled VADs can remain in place longer and have a lower risk for infection than nontunneled VADs." B. "Nontunneled VADs protrude through the skin surface and tunneled VADs are totally implanted beneath the skin surface." C. "Nontunneled VADs can only be inserted into peripheral blood vessels and tun-neled VADs are inserted into central blood vessels." D. "Tunneled VADs can be used for drawing blood samples, but blood cannot be drawn for laboratory analysis through a nontunneled VAD."
Mentally reviewing the steps of a complicated nursing procedure before entering the client's room is an example of:
1. Nonverbal communication 2. Interpersonal communication 3. Intrapersonal communication 4. Transpersonal communication
The most effective agent for antisepsis of intact skin prior to an invasive procedure such as IV insertion is:
1. iodine tincture. 2. an iodine solution. 3. povidone-iodine. 4. a Betadine scrub.