A nurse is assessing a 48-year-old client presenting with fever at the community health center. Which of the following is usually a nonnursing procedure performed by the nurse in this setting?
A) Teaching clients and families
B) Arranging for hospital admission
C) Assisting with sterile procedures
D) Performing laboratory procedures
D
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Performing laboratory procedures is a nonnursing procedure performed by the nurse in this setting. Recording electrocardiograms and administering inhalation/nebulizer therapy are other nonnursing procedures performed by the nurse in this setting. Teaching clients and families, arranging for hospital admission, and assisting with sterile procedures are nursing procedures.
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