The home health assistant should prepare a nursing bag that is stocked with enough supplies to get through the day without replenishing it.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
True
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A 78-year-old man has received a recent diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia. Potential pathological findings on a recent chest x-ray have prompted his physician to order a bronchoscopy and lung function tests
Which of the following findings would be most likely suggestive of pathological processes rather than normal, age-related respiratory changes? A) The client has fewer cilia than would be found in a younger client. B) Lung function tests reveal that both maximum breathing and vital capacity are diminished since his last test. C) There is an accumulation of serous fluid between the lungs and the pleural membrane. D) The lungs are smaller than younger adults' and there are fewer alveoli.
The nurse desires to improve his nonjudgmental approach when working with clients. The first step in becoming nonjudgmental is to:
a. learn more about other people. b. accept your own feelings. c. identify the source of your negative feelings. d. recognize that one's thoughts are biased and prejudicial.
A client was admitted 3 days ago with a myocardial infarction and has developed pulmonary edema. The family is asking the nurse about the cause of pulmonary edema. The nurse shares with the family which of the following best explanations?
1. The cardiac muscle has been injured and is not able to efficiently pump the blood through the client's system, resulting in an increased pressure in the pulmonary system. 2. The pulmonary system was injured first due to hypoxia, which caused the heart attack. 3. The cardiac muscle is working too hard to push fluids through the pulmonary system and there is fluid excess as a result. 4. The pulmonary system has an excessive amount of fluid that has been building over the last several days and now the heart is no longer able to keep up with the demands.
A surgeon approaches the charge nurse in an angry manner after his patient fell out of bed, re-quiring further surgery. Which of the following approaches is most appropriate for the charge nurse to use?
a. "Can you step over here out of the hearing of the patients and family members?" b. ‘I'm sorry, you should have ordered re-straints for the patient." c. "We will accept all liability." d. "My nurses are all new on the night shift. They didn't know how to handle him."