During discharge teaching with a client diagnosed with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, the nurse should stress which of the following points? (Select all that apply.)
1. Take more tub baths.
2. Void frequently.
3. Practice good perineal hygiene.
4. Void after intercourse.
5. Take showers.
6. Limit fluids.
2, 3, 4, 5
Tub baths should be avoided for female patients. The client should not be instructed to limit fluids. Discharge teaching should include frequent voiding, good perineal hygiene, voiding after intercourse, and taking showers instead of tub baths.
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Which statements by a nurse would indicate to the nurse manager that more education should be provided? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Standard Text: Select all that apply. 1. "If we use critical pathways, we won't have physical therapy to help us ambulate clients." 2. "If a client is not able to follow the critical pathway, a variance will be written." 3. "The critical pathway lists discharge outcomes but won't help us with day-to-day guidance of care." 4. "Once the client is on a critical pathway, we must follow it until discharge." 5. "Using critical pathways will help us reduce length of stay and costs to the client."
The patient is admitted with multiple myeloma. The nurse assesses the patient and is aware that the symptom most unique to this disease is:
a. fever. b. night sweats. c. bone pain. d. lymph node enlargement.
In providing nutrition counseling for the mother of an infant, nurses should stress that
1. All infants should receive ferrous sulfate drops. 2. Bottle-fed babies should receive iron-fortified commercial formula. 3. Breast-fed babies should not be given iron supplements. 4. Iron supplementation is necessary only for preterm infants.
The most common type of fracture in the elderly is a
A) vertebral fracture. B) skull fracture. C) hip fracture. D) arm fracture.