What is the BEST way for a nurse to identify the best site for a venipuncture?
a. auscultation c. inspection
b. percussion d. palpation
D
Identify the best site for a venipuncture through palpation: the ideal site is a straight prominent vein that feels firm and slightly rebounds when palpated.
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An 80-year-old Orthodox Jewish patient dies in the hospital. What should be the first action by the nurse?
a. Notify the rabbi to send a member of the synagogue to stay with the body. b. Inform the mortuary about the desire of the patient to be cremated. c. Prepare the body for the ritual bath by temple members before embalming. d. Facilitate removal of the body because the burial must take place 48 hours after death.
The hospice nurse is assessing the wife of a client who died 14 months ago. The nurse is concerned that the wife is still grieving the death of her husband. Which objective assessment finding would suggest that the wife is not still grieving?
A) The wife states, "I think about him all of the time." B) The wife has a weight loss of 40 pounds in the last 14 months. C) The wife states, "I can't go on living like this." D) The wife's hair is clean and styled.
A patient with depression uses prescribed antidepressants, yoga, and meditation. Which type of complementary health approach (CHA) is the patient using?
1. Allopathic medicine 2. Integrative medicine 3. Alternative medicine 4. Complementary medicine
The nursing assistant is responsible for monitoring patients for pain.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)