When assisting a patient in a wet cast to turn in bed, you should
A) instruct the patient to pick up the cast and move it.
B) cover the cast with the blanket.
C) handle the cast only with the palms of your hands.
D) keep the casted area lower than the rest of the body.
C
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The nurse examines the client admitted for burns to the right hand and notes redness and a blister over the palm of the hand. The client reports it is painful but that some areas have reduced sensation. The nurse classifies this burn as:
1. Superficial. 2. Superficial partial-thickness. 3. Deep partial-thickness. 4. Full-thickness.
In what setting can the LPN/LVN's management and leadership skills be developed best?
a. Acute care hospital b. Rehabilitation hospital c. Trauma center d. Long-term care facility
During a group prenatal class, the nurse teaching the course is explaining the thinning of the cervix that accompanies the stages of labor leading up to delivery
A participant admits that she is not familiar with either the location or normal role of the cervix. Which of the following responses by the nurse would be most appropriate? A) "Your cervix is just the term for the lowest part of your uterus, and it is tightly shut at all times except in woman who are giving birth." B) "The cervix is the opening between the uterus and the vagina, and so it opens wide during the lead-up to birth." C) "Your cervix is the part of your uterus where the fallopian tubes join in and the baby has to pass through it to the vagina." D) "The cervix is the soft lining of your uterus that has to expand greatly to accommodate your baby during delivery."
A patient who is paralyzed from the waist down as a result of an injury that completely severed the spinal cord has an open wound on the right heel. Why is this patient unaware of any pain caused from this wound?
a. The nociceptors in the heel are no longer stimulated when injury occurs. b. The patient has become completely desensitized to this type of chronic pain. c. The severed spinal cord prevents the sensation of pain from reaching the brain. d. The spinal cord injury results in chronic pain that can mask any acute pain sensation.