Describe the proper procedure for instilling an eye ointment.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary. Holding the ointment applicator above the lower lid, apply a small layer of ointment evenly along the inner edge of the lower lid margins on the inner conjunctiva from inner canthus to outer canthus. Instruct the patient to close the eye and rub the eyelid in a circular motion with a cotton ball to spread the ointment over the eye. Wipe up excess ointment with tissue or cotton.
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When her husband visits, she smiles and talks about their many travels around the world. Intrigued, the nurse asks the husband to describe his travels. The husband laughs and says, "We've never been out of the states." The client's tales are an example of: 1. Delirium. 2. Apraxia. 3. Aphasia. 4. Confabulation.
A client receiving tamoxifen (Tamofen) asks how this therapy helps fight breast cancer. Which is the nurse's best response?
a. "This agent decreases estrogen levels. so the cancer stops growing." b. "The drug causes you to secrete testoste-rone, which limits cancer growth." c. "Tamoxifen kills estrogen-secreting cells and growth of blood vessels to cancer cells." d. "It blocks estrogen receptors, and this limits cancer cell growth."
A client with a chest injury develops respiratory distress, distended jugular neck veins, and tracheal deviation. The nurse anticipates the client will receive immediate
a. chest tube insertion. b. chest x-ray. c. intubation. d. needle thoracotomy.
Which of the following would be least appropriate for a person with heart failure to help obtain adequate nutrition?
1. Providing liquid supplements between meals 2. Encouraging light exercise before meals 3. Selecting easily digested foods 4. Avoiding large meals