Which foods should a nurse include in a nutrition teaching plan for a patient with iron-deficiency anemia?
a. Beans and dried fruit
b. Apples and white rice
c. Yogurt and cooked carrots
d. Yellow squash and tortillas
A
Iron-rich foods include beans, dried fruit, liver, red meat, fish, and whole-grain breads.
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1. Promote safety and immediately terminate the relationship with the client. 2. Encourage the client to ignore these thoughts and feelings. 3. Immediately reassign the client to another staff member. 4. Help the client to clarify the meaning of the relationship, based on the present situation.
A full-spectrum nurse uses a critical-thinking model to organize her thinking when caring for a patient. The nurse realizes she lacks some facts about the patient's pathophysiology, so she makes sure to use a credible source for the information
She considers the alternatives for action, then again looks up some information. Before deciding what to do, she thinks about the patient's family situation. What aspect of a critical-thinking model does this best illustrate? The nurse is: a. Following model guidelines for specific interventions b. Using linear processes to think critically c. Moving back and forth between steps, and not thinking sequentially d. Using self-knowledge in the decision-making process
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1. The nurse should be well informed about infant nutrition and feeding methods. 2. The nurse should provide accurate and consistent information. 3. The nurse should use each interaction to support the parents and promote the family's sense of confidence. 4. The nurse should familiarize the mother with information about community resources that might be helpful after discharge. 5. The nurse should aggressively promote breastfeeding, even if the parents have decided to bottle-feed their infant.
While circulating for a surgical procedure you notice one of the surgeons contaminates their glove when repositioning the operating light. How would you handle this situation?
What will be an ideal response?