A client who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy asks the nurse how soon he/she can return to work. The nurse would respond that the final decision is up to the surgeon, but that clients can usually resume work after
a. 24 hours.
b. 3 to 4 days.
c. 5 to 7 days.
d. 2 weeks.
B
Most clients can resume normal activities and return to work in 3 to 4 days after laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
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When making a home visit, the nurse observes a newborn sleeping on his back in a bassinet. In one corner of the bassinet is a soft stuffed animal and at the other end is a bulb syringe. What is wrong with this situation?
A) The newborn should not be sleeping on his back. B) Stuffed animals should not be in areas where infants sleep. C) The bulb syringe should not be kept in the bassinet. D) This newborn should be sleeping in a crib.
A nurse has completed a hospital-based educational program that has allowed the nurse to become cross-trained. A nurse who is cross-trained is able to
A) Perform certain non-nursing duties in addition to traditional nursing duties B) Adopt a work schedule that deviates from the normal shift rotation at the hospital C) Orientate new graduates and nursing students to the hospital D) Retire with full benefits at an earlier date than a nurse who is not cross-trained
A walking survey:
1. determines how much exercise expectant mothers have been getting to help in-form patient care decisions. 2. usually takes place on the maternity ward but can be expanded to other areas of the hospital. 3. is a method of observing the resources and health-related environment of the community. 4. is performed by government census takers as part of their canvas.
Which nursing intervention would be appropriate for an elderly male client who has returned from having a transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) with a three-way indwelling catheter and now tells the nurse he has to urinate?
A) Retape the catheter to the abdomen. B) Irrigate the catheter. C) Reposition the catheter. D) Deflate and then reinflate the balloon.