MC Many of the students at the school have sickle cell disease. An important intervention by the nurse for this population is to
A. Ensure that these students receive adequate hydration.
B. Ensure that the room temperatures are warmer than normal.
C. Monitor the students for any bruising.
D. Restrict their activity during physical education time.
A. Ensure that these students receive adequate hydration.
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The nurse is reviewing a patient's completed pain assessment questionnaire that provides information about the impact of pain on the ability to function. The pain assessment tool the patient completed was most likely the:
1. Brief Pain Inventory. 2. Simple Verbal Descriptive Scale. 3. Visual Analog Scale. 4. Numeric Rating Scale.
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a. when the procedure is finished, after the tourniquet has been removed b. when the last has been filled before the tourniquet is removed. c. when blood enters the first tube being drawn