A nurse is providing discharge instructions for a post-cholecystectomy client. The nurse would view the goals for teaching had been effective when the client states he/she would
a. call the physician if gas occurs.
b. notify the physician of jaundice or itching.
c. remain indoors until the dressings are removed.
d. report dark-colored stools to the clinic.
B
The nurse should be sure that the client knows which manifestations to report to the physician and how to contact the physician. The client should be instructed to report fever, jaundice, dark-colored urine, pale-colored stools, and pruritus.
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1. "Here is a chair near the door so you can be comfortable while you visit." 2. "I'll give you all some privacy because I know you want to give your wife a big hug." 3. "Let me get some instructions for you to follow in her home care after she is dis-charged this afternoon." 4. "Sit on the bed and put your arm around your wife, and I will take your photo."
The Ponseti technique for the treatment of clubfoot consists of:
1. Wrapping the foot with ace wraps for 12 hours a day. 2. Serial casting of the foot beginning at the age of 2. 3. Serial castings beginning within the first week of life. 4. Letting the child adapt to the foot, and then treat later in life if the family/child choose to do so.
The nurse is preparing to palpate the submental lymph node. Which anatomical location should the nurse palpate?
A. At the junction of the posterior and lateral walls of the pharynx at the angle of the jaw. B. Behind the tip at the mandible midline. C. Under the chin. D. At the base of the skull.
The nurse explains that a hernioplasty is a surgery that involves which process?
a. Reducing the hernia by manual pressure. b. Sewing synthetic mesh over the abdominal wall defect to reduce the hernia. c. Applying an individualized truss for the reduction of the hernia. d. Reducing the hernia and suturing the de-fect in the abdominal wall.