You are assisting a patient with deep-breathing and coughing exercises. For these exercises, the person can be positioned in which of the following ways?
a. Sims' position
b. Trendelenburg position
c. In a chair or dangling at the bedside
d. Orthopneic position
C
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The administrator at a skilled nursing facility is concerned about registered nursing vacancies in the organization. If these positions remain vacant, what could be the consequences? Standard Text: Select all that apply
1. Higher risk of pneumonia 2. Increased risk of aspiration 3. Reduction in pressure ulcers 4. Higher risk of patient deaths 5. Inadequate nutritional intake
A 16-year-old boy who is positive for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) confesses to the school nurse that he sneaks out of his home at night and rides his motorcycle at high rates of speed. How should the nurse interpret this behavior?
a. An attempt at manipulation b. Striving for identity c. Defiance of impending death d. A normal teenage prank
What instructions should the nurse give to the client for stoma care at home after a laryn-gectomy?
A. "Gently wash the stoma with soap and water, then apply a water-based lubricant." B. "Use cotton-tipped applicators to clean out the stoma lumen at least twice per day." C. "Use a syringe or Water Pik to irrigate the stoma with a solution of sterile normal saline and peroxide." D. "Gently scrape crusts away from the stoma opening with a tongue blade and ap-ply petroleum jelly to the external stump."
The nursing student asks the instructor how concepts from microbiology directly relate to client care. The instructor's best response is:
1. "It will assist you in understanding how health care providers choose anti-infective agents." 2. "Knowledge of bacteria and their classification assists in the management of anti-infective therapy." 3. "Studying microbiology will help you understand laboratory reports." 4. "Microbiology is one of the few science electives that do not really have any direct effects on client care."