A client is admitted to a local healthcare facility. The nurse has to prepare a basic client care unit within which she can care for the client
Based on this information, what should the nurse include in the toilet equipment when preparing the client care unit? A) Bedside stand
B) Bed
C) Lamp
D) Washbasin
D
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The nurse should include a washbasin in the toilet equipment when preparing the basic client care unit. A bedside stand, bed, and lamp are included under furniture in a basic client care unit.
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A newly licensed nurse is concerned about the legal aspects of delegation. What is the most important question for the nurse to consider prior to delegating a task?
1. Do other nurses in the facility delegate similar tasks? 2. How long has the assistant worked at the facility? 3. Does this task involve nursing judgment? 4. How busy is the delegate?
The patient tells the nurse about a new drug being tested to treat the disease she was diagnosed with and asks the nurse whether the doctor can prescribe a medication still in the preclinical phase of testing. What is the nurse's best response?
A) "The doctor would have to complete a great deal of paperwork to get approval to prescribe that drug." B) "Sometimes pharmaceutical companies are looking for volunteers to test a new drug and the doctor could give them your name." C) "Drugs in the preclinical phase of testing are only tested on animals and so would not be available to you." D) "Drugs in the preclinical phase of testing are given only to healthy young men and so would not be available to you."
A client with hyponatremia is on a fluid restriction diet and complains of extreme dry mouth. Interventions the nurse can include in the plan of care include (Select all that apply)
a. encouraging the client to take warm, not cold, fluids. b. giving the client ice chips instead of water. c. increasing the frequency of oral care. d. instructing the client to hold ice chips in the mouth. e. using a commercial mouthwash every 2 hours.
To best facilitate a client's understanding of an electrophysiologic study, the nurse would explain that this study will
a. enable the physician to reproduce dysrhythmias and evaluate antidysrhythmic drugs. b. evaluate the relationship of the atrium to the ventricles during contractions. c. increase the understanding of the strength of the muscles in the ventricles. d. interrupt blood flow to coronary arteries and assess the heart's electrical system.