Any manual method or physical or mechanical device, material, or equipment attached or adjacent to the patient's body that he or she cannot easily remove that restricts freedom of movement or normal access to one's body is defined as a
___________________. Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
restraint
A restraint is any manual method or physical or mechanical device, material, or equipment attached or adjacent to the patient's body that he or she cannot easily remove that restricts freedom of movement or normal access to one's body.
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Mr. G has ARF and is to be dialyzed in eight hours. Currently, he is receiving intravenous glucose and insulin to correct
A) hyperglycemia associated with diabetes mellitus. B) metabolic acidosis. C) hyperkalemia. D) his serum calcium.
Who first proposed the establishment of associate degree programs?
A) Margaret Sanger B) Lillian Wald C) Mary Mahoney D) Mildred Montag
A patient is being fed through a nasogastric tube placed in his stomach. The nurse would carry out which intervention to minimize aspiration risk?
a. Add blue dye to the formula. b. Assess the residual every hour. c. Elevate the head of the bed 30 degrees. d. Provide feedings via continuous infusion.