After urinating, the person is:
a. Assisted with hand washing
b. Transferred back to bed
c. Given fluids
d. Screened with the privacy curtain
A
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a. Narcolepsy b. Cataplexy c. Obstructive sleep apnea d. Insomnia
While observing a student nurse performing a bed bath, a nursing instructor recognizes that additional instruction is needed when the student
1. Covers the patient with a bath blanket. 2. Changes the water after bathing the feet. 3. Washes extremities from proximal to distal. 4. Washes from the cleanest areas to the dirtiest area.
The nurse, preparing to discharge an 81-year-old client from the hospital, recognizes that the ma-jority of older adults:
1. Require institutional care 2. Have no social or family support 3. Are unable to afford any medical treatment 4. Are capable of taking charge of their own lives
The client with cirrhosis is at risk for GI bleeding related to all of the following pathological changes except:
a. increased pressure within the portal circulation. b. weakening of the blood vessels. c. prolonged prothrombin time. d. development of ascites.