Burns are a very painful injury with a very high risk for infection.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
True
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The nurse questions which activity for the client with thrombocytopenia?
a. Application of warm compresses to bruises b. Cleaning teeth with a soft-bristled brush c. Taking acetaminophen (Tylenol) for pain d. Using stool softeners daily for constipa-tion
Suzanne is pregnant and has tested HIV positive. Which antiretroviral drug should be avoided in women who are pregnant?
1. Lopinavir/r 2. Zidovudine 3. Ritonavir 4. Lopinavir/ritonavir
What risk management practices might prevent this scenario from happening on another occasion?
You are waiting for a patient booked for a routine laparoscopic cholecystectomy late in the afternoon. As you commence your surgical count with the circulating nurse, the surgeon arrives and tells you about his requirements. After this interruption, you complete the count and the surgery commences. Subsequently, in response to uncontrolled bleeding, the surgeon converts to an open procedure. Your circulating nurse has opened additional instruments and accountable items and you remain focused for some time on the surgical count and check of instruments. After 3 hours of surgery, the closure commences and you discover a discrepancy in the count. What will be an ideal response?
J.B. undergoes surgery. His postoperative course is complicated by pneumonia and poor wound healing
After being hospitalized for 6 weeks, he is discharged to a long-term care facility for care while recuperating for external radiation therapy. He is scheduled to receive 2000 cGy to the head and neck three times weekly for the next 8 weeks. As J.B.'s nurse, which adverse effects of external radiation therapy would most concern you? Radiation to the head and neck produces dry mouth (xerostomia), irritation of the oral mucous membranes (stomatitis), and diminished sense of taste (dysgeusia). Outline independent nursing actions that will assist J.B. in managing mucositis and xerostomia. Mucositis