A patient comes to the emergency department with an evisceration after a knife attack. What is the best nursing intervention related to the exposed bowel?
a. Gently replace the bowel into the abdo-minal cavity.
b. Place a sterile wrapped sandbag on the abdomen to prevent further evisceration.
c. Place the patient in a high Fowler position to allow the bowel to drop back into the abdominal cavity.
d. Cover the bowel with a moist saline dressing.
D
The nurse protects the tissue from further injury and drying out by the application of a sterile sa-line dressing.
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A nurse is performing a community assessment of an inner city neighborhood. The nurse is looking for physical risk factors in the community to determine if they might be contributing to the high level of violence and drug abuse in the neighborhood
Which of the following factors should be evaluated? A. Youth activity B. Dwelling types C. Physical layout of the community D. All of the above
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a. Identify gaps between current perfor-mance and the goal. b. Identify possible sources of variation. c. Determine the goal. d. Write the problem statement. e. Determine where to begin making a change.
Which of the following would be the most effective mechanism to use when collaborating with others to have an extensive and lasting impact on health outcomes?
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