The nurse is performing an otoscopic examination on an infant. Which of the following would the nurse do?
A) Pull the pinna forward and down.
B) Pull the pinna up and back.
C) Pull the pinna straight back.
D) Pull the pinna down and back.
D
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The nursing student submits a care plan to the nursing instructor for a review prior to implementing the nursing interventions. Which of the following nursing diagnostic statements is written incorrectly?
a. Ineffective coping related to inadequate support systems as evidenced by patient's verbalization, "I don't have any friends or family in town. I just moved here a week ago." b. Activity intolerance related to immobility as manifested by shortness of breath and patient's verbalization of fatigue. c. Insomnia and knowledge deficit related to stress as evidenced by patient report of difficulty sleeping and lack of energy. d. Self-care deficit bathing related to upper extremity weakness as manifested by inability to wash body.
The nurse's two main legal responsibilities in delegation are to assess the competency of the delegatee and to assess:
a. how many nurses are available to super-vise. b. how much supervision time is needed. c. the client condition severity level of the patient population. d. the expiration date of the license.
A very ill patient is admitted to the hospital with severe symptoms of nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea that have lasted almost 24 hours. Once discovering that the patient may have ingested contaminated food, a nurse was able to identify this as a(n)
1. Exacerbation. 2. Acute illness. 3. Remission. 4. Chronic illness.
A patient who is being treated for malaria has
started therapy with quinine and tetracycline. He asks the nurse why he is on an antibiotic when malaria is caused by a parasite. Which response by the nurse is correct? a. "The tetracycline prevents reinfection by the malarial parasite." b. "The antibiotic is combined with quinine to reduce the side effects of the quinine." c. "An antibacterial drug prevents the occurrence of superinfection during antimalarial therapy." d. "The two drugs are more effective against malaria when given together."