Describe what you should do after you have returned the patient to the room after a tub bath.
What will be an ideal response?
Return to the bathroom and clean and disinfect the bathtub.
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A nurse is caring for a client who is scheduled for a dose of cefazolin and vitamins at this time. Hemodialysis for this client is also scheduled in 60 minutes. Which action by the nurse is best?
a. Administer cefazolin since the level of the antibiotic must be maintained. b. Hold the vitamins but administer the cefazolin. c. Hold the cefazolin but administer the vitamins. d. Hold all medications since both cefazolin and vitamins are dialyzable.
An elderly patient comes into the physician's office with reddened eyes. She tells you that lately she has been having this dry-eye condition. Since there is no infection in her eyes, you would expect the physician to order:
1. An antiinfective 2. Artificial tears 3. An antiviral 4. An antiseptic
The nurse is interviewing a client who has admitted to being a victim of domestic violence. What is the most typical description of how the domestic violence developed in a relationship?
1. "He changed overnight. Everything was fine, and all of a sudden he flipped out and beat me up; he nearly killed me." 2. "It was severe from the beginning. As soon as we got married, he began hitting me and threatening to kill me." 3. "We've both always dated other people. I thought that was understood. He was as emotionally abusive in the beginning as he is now." 4. "I don't know when it started, really. It was gradual. First, just yelling, blaming, and shoving. Then the beatings started; and now they're more frequent."
An elderly woman is admitted to a hospice for terminal care of metastatic cancer
The woman is very open about the fact that she is dying and is actively preparing for her death by revising her will and writing "good-bye letters" to all of her friends and family. When a nurse refers to her condition as "cancer," the woman "corrects" the nurse, saying, "I don't have cancer. I had a tumor that was removed, but I don't have cancer." The nurse correctly recognizes this as the defense mechanism of ____________________. Fill in the blank(s) with correct word