A number of occupational health hazards exist that nurses are susceptible to. There are four primary categories of these occupational health hazards. These categories include which of the following? Select all that apply
a. infectious agents c. workplace violence agents
b. physical agents d. chemical agents
A, B, D
The four categories of occupational health hazards are: 1) infectious agents (e.g., HIV, hepatitis), 2) physical agents (e.g., radiation, noise), 3) environmental agents (e.g., poor air quality), and 4) chemical agents (e.g., ethyl oxide, glutaraldehyde).
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a. Ambulate the client in the hallway to promote deep breathing. b. Auscultate the client's anterior and posterior lung fields. c. Encourage the client to take shallow breaths to help with the pain. d. Administer pain medication and encourage the client to take deep breaths.
The female client scheduled for an invasive procedure the next day complains of headache and nausea and knocks over a glass of water onto the floor
Which intervention(s) should the nurse implement for therapeutic communication? (Select all that apply.) 1. Explain the procedure briefly 2. Teach with client's partner present 3. Give the client written information 4. Tell client she seems overwhelmed 5. Ask if this is her first hospitalization 6. State the procedure can be cancelled
To assess the patient with pericarditis for evidence of a pericardial friction rub, the nurse should
a. listen for a rumbling, low-pitched, systolic murmur over the left anterior chest. b. auscultate by placing the diaphragm of the stethoscope on the lower left sternal border. c. ask the patient to cough during auscultation to distinguish the sound from a pleural friction rub. d. feel the precordial area with the palm of the hand to detect vibrations with cardiac contraction.
The nurse is staffing a medical-surgical unit that is assigned most of the patients with pressure ulcers. The nurse has become competent in the care of pressure wounds and recognizes that a staged pressure ulcer that does not require a dressing is stage
a. I. b. II. c. III. d. IV.