The nurse is teaching a group of caregivers regarding safety precautions for toddlers. As part of the teaching, the nurse instructs that the most common cause of hospital visits between ages 1 and 4 is due to:
A) motor vehicle accidents in which the child is not restrained.
B) poisoning from common household medications.
C) burns from unprotected electrical outlets.
D) bathtub accidents.
B
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The nurse is preparing to change a patient's abdominal dressing. The nurse recognizes the first step is to provide the patient with information regarding the procedure. Which of the following explanations should the nurse provide to the patient?
A) "The dressing change is often painful, and we will be giving you pain medication prior to the procedure so you do not have to worry." B) "During the dressing change, I will provide privacy at a time of your choosing, it should not be painful, and you can look at the incision and help with the procedure if you want to." C) "The dressing change should not be painful, but you can never be sure, and infection is always a concern." D) "The best time for doing a dressing change is during lunch so we are not interrupted. I will provide privacy, and it should not be painful."
The nurse is caring for a female patient whose tests confirm she is 10 weeks pregnant and has contracted tuberculosis. The health care provider orders a combination of antimycobacterials
What combination of drugs would the nurse identify as safest for this pregnant patient? A) Isoniazid, ethambutol, and rifampin B) Rifabutin, streptomycin, and rifampin C) Capreomycin, cycloserine, and ethionamide D) Dapsone, ethambutol, and cycloserine
Both a subject in an experimental group who receives an experimental treatment and a subject in a control group who receives a control treatment are considered to be subjects in therapeutic research. Why is this?
a. A patient in an experimental research study who elects to be a member of the experimental group knows he or she will be receiving the experimental treatment. b. Each patient who is consented to be a research subject in an experimental study in which the treatment has potentially beneficial results has the potential to receive a therapeutic intervention. c. The research is designed to measure the effect of the therapeutic treatment as compared with the usual therapeutic treatment; hence, this is therapeutic research. d. Each subject is blind to treatment.
Should a postpartum complication such as hemorrhage occur, the nursing staff will spring into action to ensure that patient safety needs are met
This level of activity is very reassuring to both the new mother and her family members as they can see that the patient is receiving the best care. Is this statement true or false? Indicate whether the statement is true or false