Which delegation should a UAP consider to have the highest priority?
a. Obtaining a routine blood glucose level from a patient with diabetes
b. Giving a bath to a patient scheduled for a colonoscopy
c. Feeding a patient who needs assistance doing so.
d. Helping an elderly patient to the bathroom
D
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A Does not take priority over the elderly patient needing to use the bathroom.
B Does not take priority over the elderly patient needing to use the bathroom.
C Does not take priority over the elderly patient needing to use the bathroom.
D Elderly patients frequently need to get to the bathroom quickly, and if no assis-tance is provided, they may fall in an attempt to make it there by themselves.
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A mother with mastitis is concerned about breast-feeding while she has an active infec-tion. The nurse should explain that the:
a. Infant is protected from infection by immunoglobulins in the breast milk. b. Infant is not susceptible to the organisms that cause mastitis. c. Organisms that cause mastitis are not passed to the milk. d. Organisms will be inactivated by gastric acid.
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1. Limit the client's total fluid intake. 2. Encourage early client ambulation. 3. Elevate the head of the bed 30 degrees. 4. Apply constant pressure to the insertion site.
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