A 53-year-old male patient with deep partial-thickness burns from a chemical spill in the workplace experiences severe pain followed by nausea during dressing changes. Which action will be most useful in decreasing the patient's nausea?
a. Keep the patient NPO for 2 hours before and after dressing changes.
b. Avoid performing dressing changes close to the patient's mealtimes.
c. Administer the prescribed morphine sulfate before dressing changes.
d. Give the ordered prochlorperazine (Compazine) before dressing changes.
c. Administer the prescribed morphine sulfate before dressing changes.
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a. Prone b. Supine c. Position of comfort d. Abdomen with head elevated
The school nurse is teaching a class on injury prevention. What should be included when discussing firearms?
a. Adolescents are too young to use guns properly for hunting. b. Gun carrying among adolescents is on the rise, primarily among inner-city youth. c. Nonpowder guns (air rifles, BB guns) are a relatively safe alternative to powder guns. d. Adolescence is the peak age for being a victim or offender in the case of injury involving a firearm.
A 10-year-old girl needs to have another intravenous (IV) line started. She keeps telling the nurse, "Wait a minute," and, "I'm not ready." How should the nurse interpret this behavior?
a. IV insertions are viewed as punishment. b. This is expected behavior for a school-age child. c. Protesting like this is usually not seen past the preschool years. d. The child has successfully manipulated the nurse in the past.
A public health nurse (PHN) reports an attack rate. Which of the following has most likely been reported?
a. Number of cases of cancer recorded at a medical center b. Number of people who died of Ebola in a given year c. Number of beef cattle inoculated against mad-cow disease on a farm d. Proportion of people becoming ill after eating at a fast-food restaurant