There are several rules for medication administration that the nurse must always follow. These include:(Select all that apply) Standard Text: Select all that apply
1. Inform the client
2. Evaluate the client's response to the drug
3. Identifying the client by asking him or her what room is theirs
4. Providing client teaching as necessary
5. Documenting
1,2,4,5
Rationale: The client has the right to know the intended actions as well as any side effects of adverse effects that might occur
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The nurse informs a group of adolescents that the single most preventable cause of death and disease in the United States today is:
a. drug use. b. alcohol addiction. c. cigarette smoking. d. malnutrition.
A client presents at the clinic with an allergic disorder. The client asks the nurse what an "allergic disorder" means. What would be the nurse's best response?
A) "It means you are very sensitive to something inside of yourself." B) "It is a hyperimmune response to something in the environment that is usually harmless." C) "It is a muted response to something in the environment." D) "It is a harmless reaction to something in the environment."
A patient is postoperative from kidney transplant. What nutritional care is appropriate for this patient? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply
1. Begin the introduction of previously restricted foods. 2. Meet the demands of any existing hypermetabolic process. 3. Correct any preexisting deficiencies. 4. Provide necessary support to promote wound healing. 5. Restrict calories to prevent the postoperative weight gain common with this procedure.
A child with a brain tumor is admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU)after brain surgery to remove the tumor. Which postoperative order would the nurse question?
1. Antibiotics 2. Sodium levels every 24 hours 3. Anticonvulsants 4. Hourly intake and output