A victim of a motor vehicle crash has an acute cervical spinal cord injury. Which problem should the nurse identify as the priority for this patient?
A. Problems with the airway
B. Altered blood flow
C. Changes in mobility
D. Fluid maintenance
Answer: A
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A client is recovering from surgery to remove pressure on the middle ear. Why should the nurse plan to provide antiemetics to this client during the postoperative period?
1. Pain medication causes vomiting. 2. The smell of food will nauseate the client. 3. Surgery on the ear can cause dizziness, nausea, and vomiting. 4. The decongesting of the ear causes an imbalance in the equilibrium.
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A new mother on the OB unit refuses to allow her newborn to wear disposable diapers. She insists on applying cloth diapers without safety pins, because this is how her culture applies diapers
During break, the nurse discusses the patient's strange diapering technique compared with the excellent American method of diapering. Besides violating confidentiality, the nurse is displaying a. ethnocentrism. b. stereotyping. c. unusual behavior during break. d. lack of adherence to hospital policy on diapering.