An older patient asks the nurse what holistic actions can be used to help lower elevated cholesterol and triglyceride levels. What information should the nurse provide to the patient? Standard Text: Select all that apply
1. Increase dietary fiber.
2. Eat fatty fish twice a week.
3. Use margarine with phytosterols.
4. Increase the intake of soy products
5. Limit red meat consumption to 6 days a week.
1,2,3,4
Rationale: The fiber found in oat bran, apples, citrus, and whole-grain products is particularly effective in reducing cholesterol.
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a. daily caregiver. b. care administrator. c. creator of policy and protocols. d. liaison between the agency and the state board.
The six "rights" of medication administration include the right
1. drug, time, dose, doctor, route, and documentation. 2. drug, time, dose, patient, route, and documentation. 3. drug, diagnosis, time, patient, route, and documentation. 4. dose, time, doctor, patient, route, and drug.
The pulse rate at which the nurse would withhold a dose of digoxin in an adult is:
a. 100 beats per minute. c. less than 60 beats per minute. b. less than 90 beats per minute. d. less than 70 beats per minute.
The nurse is preparing to perform perineal care on an uncircumcised adult male client who was incontinent of stool. The client's entire perineal area is heavily soiled. Which of the following techniques for cleaning the penis is correct?
A) Retract the foreskin while washing the penis; then, immediately pull the foreskin back into place. B) Retract the foreskin while washing the penis, allow 10 to 15 minutes for the glans penis to dry; then, replace the foreskin in its original position. C) Avoid retraction of the foreskin because injury and scarring could occur. D) Soak the end of the penis in warm water before cleaning the shaft of the penis.