As a nursing assistant, you are responsible for:
a. Giving drugs
b. Performing sterile procedures
c. Meeting the person's hygiene needs
d. Telephoning the doctor
C
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To assess a client's potential for engaging in inappropriate behaviors, the caregiver should perform as soon as possible after admission a
1. physical examination. 2. mental status assessment. 3. review of laboratory tests and other results. 4. psychosocial examination.
In critiquing nominal-level instruments, the reviewer checks the items in the instrument to be sure they are:
a. mutually exclusive and exhaustive. b. precise and complete. c. stable and structured. d. valid and reliable.
A nurse manager is employing strategies to enhance the development of an ethical and socially responsible workplace environment, such as: a. written organizational codes of conduct and communication reinforcing ethical behaviorsaccording to the tort law
b. training programs in ethics and encouraging confrontation and arguments related toethical deviation. c. written organizational codes of conduct and leadership by default. d. ethics hotline and training programs in social constructs.
A patient admitted with an infected below-the-knee amputation (BKA) and heart failure (HF) is taking vancomycin (Vancocin) and furosemide (Lasix). Which of the following is the most important instruction the nurse should provide?
a. Report any ringing in the ears or dizziness. b. Report frequent nocturia. c. Elevate the affected extremity. d. Keep the head of the bed at 30 degrees.