When educating a patient concerning ways to prevent nausea, the nurse suggests that eating slowly in a pleasant atmosphere will help, as well as taking an antiemetic how many minutes before meals?
a. 10
b. 20
c. 30
d. 60
C
Taking an antiemetic 30 minutes before meals reduces nausea and increases appetite.
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The nurse is caring for a patient who will be having a colonoscopy the following morning. Which items must be removed from the patient's dinner tray since they are not allowed prior to the test? (Select all that apply.)
a. Cherry-flavored gelatin b. Cream of chicken soup c. Glass of apple juice d. Coffee with cream and sugar e. Lemon-flavored Italian ice f. Can of ginger ale
The nurse is caring for a patient who had a right extremity below-the-knee amputation (BKA). The nurse recognizes the importance of implementing measures that focus on preventing flexion contracture of the hip and maintaining proper positioning
Which of the following measures will achieve these goals? A) Encouraging the patient to turn from side to side and to assume a prone position B) Initiating range-of-motion (ROM) exercises of the hip and knee 3 months after the amputation C) Minimizing movement of the flexor muscles of the hip D) Encouraging the patient to sit in the chair for at least 8 hours of the day
The nurse realizes that an appropriate example of a nursing theory is:
a. deep breathing in the postoperative period makes people healthier. b. self-care is ideal. c. nursing care is needed when people are affected by limitations that do not allow them to meet their self-care needs. d. optimum health is the only ideal state.
What statement by a client would indicate that a nurse had successfully implemented a educating/learning strategy to prevent injury in the home?
A) "I will turn off the outside lights and lock the doors every night." B) "Do you think it would be best for me to buy a gun?" C) "I am going to remove all those throw rugs on the floor." D) "Well, I always let the boys play in the bathtub; they love it."