Patients with eating disorders typically view themselves as fat.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
True
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In developing an end-of-life plan of care for the client, the nurse should identify which hygiene goal as appropriate?
1. Provide hourly sponge baths for end-of-life comfort. 2. Involve the client in 30% of her bath daily. 3. Maintain clean skin by providing daily whirlpool baths. 4. Involve the family in hygiene care daily to maintain clean, dry skin.
A nurse has delegated the task of ambulating a patient to two nursing assistants. Despite the patient's appearance, assistance of two people is needed for safe ambulation. The nurse discovers the patient being ambulated by only one aide
What nursing actions are indicated? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply. 1. Scold the second aide for not carrying through with the delegated task. 2. Determine why only one person is ambulating the patient. 3. Assume that something important must have taken the second assistant away from this task. 4. Assist the aide in completion of the ambulation. 5. Notify the patient's physician of the incident.
During the nursing assessment of the adult client, the nurse finds the client's beliefs and actions related to common health practices to be "bizarre.". The most appropriate action for the nurse to take at this time would be to:
1. Repeat the assessment later in the day. 2. Communicate the findings to the health care team. 3. Inquire as to the culture with which the client identifies. 4. Write a nursing diagnosis to address the "bizarre" beliefs and actions.
The nurse would correctly identify a superficial mycosis as one affecting the:
Standard Text: Select all that apply. 1. skin. 2. mucous membranes. 3. dermis. 4. nails. 5. scalp.