A woman develops a pathologic retraction ring during labor. On assessment, you would expect to find its appearance as
A) mottling, surrounding the cervix.
B) an ecchymotic area over the symphysis pubis.
C) a line of indentation over the lower abdomen.
D) a protruding ring over the uterine fundus.
C
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_____ Determine beneficial goals and outcomes. _____ Categorize assessment data under patient problem areas. _____ Assess the patient and draw a skeleton diagram. _____ Evaluate the patient's response to the interventions. _____ Analyze the relationships among factors and prioritize diagnoses.
The orthopedic surgeon has prescribed balanced skeletal traction for a patient. What advantage is conferred by balanced traction?
A) Balanced traction can be applied at night and removed during the day. B) Balanced traction allows for greater patient movement and independence than other forms of traction. C) Balanced traction is portable and may accompany the patient's movements. D) Balanced traction facilitates bone remodeling in as little as 4 days.
A client is to receive enteral nutrition. Which information should the nurse provide to the client and family?
1. "Nutrition can be given either intermittently or continuously." 2. "Your nutrition will be administered through your veins." 3. "You will still be able to eat if you would like to do so." 4. "Most enteral feeding consists of thinned pureed food." 5. "Enteral feedings are milk based."
Which activity would be the primary role of an occupational health nurse?
a. Caring for employees and their families b. Providing health promotion and emergency care c. Updating the Material Safety Data Sheets d. Reporting communicable diseases