A healthcare worker must specifically question the patient about his or her use of which of the following when obtaining a history from the patient?
A. drugs prescribed by different doctors
B. herbal remedies
C. OTC remedies
D. all of these
Answer: D
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A patient is admitted for treatment of a home-acquired pressure ulcer. The patient is incontinent of urine and has Alzheimer disease. A Foley catheter is inserted. The nurse recognizes that the best way to break the infection chain is to:
a. discontinue the Foley as soon as possible. b. wear a mask when working with the patient if she or he has a cold. c. wear sterile gloves if there is a chance of contact with blood. d. use surgical asepsis when handling body fluids.
Your patient has a chief complaint of right-sided facial pain, which is exacerbated by shaving and chewing
Your assessment reveals that the patient has normal motor function of his facial muscles and increased sensitivity to light touch and superficial pain stimuli. You conclude that he most likely has a. Bell's palsy. c. neoplasm of the trigeminal nerve root. b. trigeminal neuralgia. d. supranuclear facial palsy.
You are helping with breakfast service in the dining room. A resident begins screaming and hitting at her food stating, "There are bugs on my eggs. Bugs! Get them off." You approach her to see that someone sprinkled pepper on her eggs
An appropriate response is: A) "No, those aren't bugs! That is just pepper." B) "Don't eat them then if you believe those are bugs. Eat the toast instead. There are no bugs on the toast." C) "I see no bugs; only pepper. I will get you a new plate of food." D) "There are no bugs! Nobody else sees bugs!"
Which of the following is an example of direct research utilization?
a. Advocating for a change in policy b. Basing practice on current research available c. Implementing new techniques for practice d. Critiquing a research study