The ____________________ tube is a long, small-bore tube that is threaded through the GI tract until the tip reaches the small intestine.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
J-tube
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If psychiatric nurses used Orem's theory for structuring much of their nursing practice, a major focus area for assessment would be the client's ability to do which of the following?
1. Adapt and function to meet various role expectations. 2. Care about self and participate in self-healing. 3. Implement self-care to meet psychosocial needs. 4. Enter into a therapeutic one-to-one relationship with the nurse.
A woman is 30 weeks pregnant. She has come to the hospital because her membranes have ruptured spontaneously. The Labor and Delivery nurse explains what will be done for the client and her fetus. Which statement should the nurse include?
1. "We will give you medication to help the baby's lungs mature." 2. "Infection is not an issue, but we'll monitor you for infection." 3. "An IV will be started to increase your intravascular fluid volume." 4. "Since you are coping fine, we'll transfer you to the high-risk floor."
A school had tried very hard to uphold the requirement for all children to be vaccinated. However, state law allowed parents to exempt their child if they had a religious reason for refusal. Two children have been diagnosed with chickenpox
Which of the following will be the most likely result? a. Adults as well as children in the neighborhood will get chickenpox. b. All the children who played with the two sick children will probably get chickenpox. c. All the unimmunized children will probably come down with chickenpox. d. Few children will get chickenpox because of herd immunity.
An adult male patient is 1 day postoperative from a total hip replacement. The patient is rocking back and forth with a facial grimace. On a pain scale of 0 to 10, with 10 being the greatest pain, the patient reports a pain level of 10
Which medications would be most appropriate for the nurse to administer to this patient? a. 60 mg morphine sulfate PO b. 75 mg meperidine (Demerol) intramuscularly c. 6 mg morphine sulfate intravenously d. Duragesic (Fentanyl) patch 50 mcg transdermally