When the oxygen concentrator machine malfunctions and causes an electrical fire, the nurse should use which type of fire extinguisher?
a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D
C
Electrical fires require type C fire extinguishers.
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A client at a health care facility complains to the nurse that when going about his day he is often unable to hold his urine while he tries to locate a toilet. How should the nurse document this incontinence in the client?
A) Stress B) Urge C) Functional D) Total
The patient with cancer has experienced sensitivity to past chemotherapy infusions. The best action to prevent a hypersensitivity reaction is the administration of _____ prior to the chemo-therapy infusion
a. a corticosteroid b. daclizumab c. antithymocyte globulin d. epinephrine
Methicillin resistant S. aureus (MRSA) is still largely a hospital-acquired infection. Community health nurses should know:
1. Persons with MRSA usually have a chronic illness. 2. MRSA is still a nosocomial (health-care acquired) infection and not often seen in the community. 3. VRE (Vancomycin resistant Staphylococcus aureus) follows MRSA. 4. MRSA is becoming more common in the community, especially in school athletic programs and prison populations.
The group leader is overheard saying to the gathering of patients, "Focus on your breathing once again …. Notice how it is regular …. Now focus on your left arm …. Notice how relaxed your left arm feels …
Notice the relaxation going down the left arm to the hand." A patient asks the nurse what the group is doing. What is the nurse's best response? a. It is progressive relaxation training. b. It is group biofeedback. c. It is guided imagery. d. It is meditation.