The nurse is caring for a patient who has just delivered a neonate. The nurse is checking the patient for excessive vaginal drainage. It is important for the nurse to utilize _____ Precautions
a. Contact
b. Protective
c. Droplet
d. Standard
D
Standard Precautions apply to contact with blood, body fluid, nonintact skin, and mucous membranes of all patients. Contact Precautions apply to individuals with colonization of infection such as MRSA. Protective Precautions apply to individuals who have undergone transplantations. Droplet Precautions focus on diseases that are transmitted by large droplets.
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The nurse recognizes which behavior characteristic(s) of women in their first trimester of pregnancy? (Select all that apply.)
a. Showing off her sonogram photos b. Ambivalence about pregnancy c. Emotional and labile mood d. Focusing on her infant e. Fatigue
Which is not depicted on the organizational chart?
A) Grapevine lines of communication B) Line and staff authority C) Span of control D) Scalar chains
A nurse has an order to begin enteral feedings for a client in whom a nasogastric tube has just been inserted. Before initiating the diet order,
the nurse would do which of the following as the most definitive method of confirming correct tube placement in the stomach? 1. compare pH of aspirate to gastric pH 2. check x-ray results 3. check the appearance of gastric aspirate 4. insert air through the tube
The nurse is preparing to start an intravenous (IV) line in a preschool-age child. After applying a eutectic mixture of local anesthetics, what will the nurse do to prepare the child?
a. Describe what the IV line will feel like and how long it will be in place. b. Explain the purpose of the procedure. c. Give the child equipment to handle and practice on a doll. d. Reassure the child that the pain will only last a few minutes.