A/an ____________________ is a small room just inside the entrance to the isolation room.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
anteroom
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The nurse is reviewing a list of clients who are scheduled for home visits during the day. What is a legal responsibility of the nurse during these visits?
1. Arriving on time 2. Completing care within an hour of arrival 3. Assessing the home for safety 4. Establishing a trusting relationship
The nurse has just administered a subcutaneous insulin injection to her diabetic patient. What is the next immediate action by the nurse?
a. Dispose of the needle/syringe uncapped into a disposable sharps container. b. Recap the syringe with needle and dispose into a sharps container. c. Dispose the needle/syringe into a biohazard bag inside the patient's room. d. Separate the needle and syringe and place them into a sharps container.
The laboring patient has rated her pain at 9 on a scale of 1–10, and requests IV pain medication. Which statement is most important for the nurse to make? "Narcotic medications:
1. "Can make you unsteady. You need to ask for help when you get up." 2. "Have a very rapid onset and begin to work in 2–3 minutes." 3. "Are metabolized by your body, so they don't last as long as an epidural." 4. "Can cause sleepiness in the baby that can be reversed with Narcan."
A nurse is using assessment data gathered about a patient and combining critical thinking to develop a nursing diagnosis. What is the nurse doing?
a. Assigning clinical cues b. Defining characteristics c. Diagnostic reasoning d. Diagnostic labeling