A nurse is teaching water safety at the local community pool and mentions that which of the following is the most significant risk factor for drowning?
A. Gender
B. Income
C. Education
D. Age
ANS: D
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Patients immobilized because of spinal trauma are at a high risk for contractures. Preventive measures should include (Select all that apply.)
a. consultation by PT and OT early in the treatment of the patient. b. turning and repositioning the patient every 2 hours as ordered by the physician. c. range of motion exercises 1 month after the spine has been stabilized. d. removal of splints every 4 hours and at bedtime. e. hand splints for patients with paraplegia. f. hand and foot splints for patients with quadriplegia.
For a pregnant woman who uses complementary and alternative medicine therapies, which of the following recommendations would be most appropriate?
A) "Since these are natural remedies, they should pose no problem to your fetus." B) "Let's check with your nurse-midwife or physician about these therapies." C) "You must stop them immediately because they could harm your baby." D) "It's okay to use one type of therapy, but don't ever mix one with another."
A patient who has a kidney stone lodged in the ureter questions why it must be removed. What response by the nurse is most appropriate?
a. "If the stone is not promptly removed, you will continue to have blood in your urine." b. "You may experience a condition known as hydronephrosis, which will result in increased pressure in your renal structures above the stone." c. "Keeping the stone in your body may re-sult in a condition called glomeruloneph-ritis." d. "You may experience scarring of the renal structures and a condition known as nephrotic syndrome may result."
A client who cannot feel your touch on the arm may have:
1. dysesthesia. 2. hypoalgesia. 3. hypoesthesia. 4. paresthesia.