A client has a left total hip replacement. In which of these positions should the nurse place the operative hip?
a. abduction and extension c. adduction and extension
b. abduction and flexion d. adduction and flexion
A
Following a total hip replacement, the client's hip is kept in a position of abduction and extension.
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Electrocardiogram (ECG) paper contains a standardized grid where the horizontal axis measures time and the vertical axis measures voltage or amplitude. The nurse must understand that each horizontal box indicates:
a. 200 milliseconds or 0.20 seconds duration. b. 40 milliseconds or 0.04 seconds duration. c. 3 seconds duration. d. millivolts of amplitude.
You have just admitted a new patient to the hospice program you work for. While you are doing the initial assessment, a family member states, "my sister just won't talk to any of us about what is happening to her."
What should you do? A) Strive to facilitate communication between the family and health care providers. B) Strive to facilitate communication between the patient and health care providers. C) Strive to facilitate communication between family members and yourself. D) Strive to facilitate communication among family members.
A patient has been received in the emergency department for treatment of poison ingestion. Gastric lavage and placement of activated charcoal has been prescribed. The nurse would withhold this treatment and collaborate with the prescriber if which instances occur? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Standard Text: Select all that apply
1. The patient vomits. 2. The patient becomes unconscious. 3. The patient discloses that lithium was the drug taken. 4. Paramedics report that it has been 2 hours since the drug was taken. 5. The patient begins to pass copious amounts of watery diarrhea.