The least traumatic method of obtaining a blood specimen is known as __________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
skin puncture
capillary puncture
Skin puncture, also called capillary puncture, is the least traumatic method of obtaining a blood specimen.
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The nurse is caring for an 82-year-old female patient in the PACU. The woman begins to awaken and responds to her name, but is confused, restless, and agitated. What principle should guide the nurse's subsequent assessment?
A) Postoperative confusion in older adults is an indication of impaired oxygenation or possibly a stroke during surgery. B) Confusion, restlessness, and agitation are expected postoperative findings in older adults and they will diminish in time. C) Postoperative confusion is common in the older adult patent, but it could also indicate a significant blood loss. D) Confusion, restlessness, and agitation indicate an underlying cognitive deficit such as dementia.
The school nurse is completing a Continuous Quality Improvement Tool for School-based Health Centers. What should the nurse identify as sentinel events for high school students? (Select all that apply.)
1. Alcohol use. 2. Depression risk. 3. Risk for violence. 4. Sexually transmitted infections (STI). 5. After school employment hours.
When monitoring clients after a pulmonary angiography, nurses should notify the physician about which of the following?
A) Raised temperature in the affected limb B) Excessive capillary refill C) Absent distal pulses D) Flushed feeling in the client
The psychosexual conflicts of preschool children make them extremely vulnerable to which threat?
a. Loss of control b. Loss of identity c. Separation anxiety d. Bodily injury and pain