When preparing to teach a patient about continuous bladder irrigation, the nurse notes that the most frequently used irrigant is
a. sterile isotonic saline.
b. an antibiotic solution.
c. sterile water.
d. heparinized normal saline.
A
The irrigant is an isotonic solution.
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a. Change the subject when the child begins to talk about their impending death b. Pressure the child to discuss the illness c. Reassure the child that death will not hurt d. Do not tell the child it is okay to die
A nurse is working in an ethnically diverse hospital setting. What would be the most important reason for the nurse to encourage a client to integrate personal ethnic beliefs into the care received in the hospital?
A) It would help the client understand the needs of their people better. B) The client's ethnic ideals would be reinforced. C) This would help the client with human behavior. D) The client would show more of an interest in education.
Which of the following typifies the speech of a person in the acute phase of mania?
a. Flight of ideas b. Psychomotor retardation c. Hesitant d. Mutism
The long-term care facility resident who has not worn his dentures for several months complains that the dentures no longer fit. The nurse explains that the dentures do not fit now because while he was not using them, his:
a. gums have hypertrophied. b. gums have receded. c. jaw shape has altered. d. dentures have warped from disuse.