What is the priority nursing diagnosis for a client with a unilateral vocal cord paralysis?
A. Impaired Verbal Communication
B. Self-esteem Disturbance
C. Impaired Gas Exchange
D. Risk for Aspiration
D
The client with vocal cord dysfunction is at risk for aspiration because of the inability to protect the airway by normal vocal cord closure.
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What is the basic premise of interactional theory?
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What is an important consideration for the school nurse who is planning a class on bicycle safety?
a. Most bicycle injuries involve collision with an automobile. b. Head injuries are the major causes of bicycle-related fatalities. c. Children should wear a bicycle helmet if they ride on paved streets. d. Children should not ride double unless the bicycle has an extra large seat.
A postoperative client has a temperature of 101¡ F and scattered rhonchi throughout the chest 24 hours after surgery. The nursing diagnosis is Ineffective airway clearance
Which outcome would indicate progress toward meeting the goal of effective airway clearance? 1. "Cough produced 5 mL of yellow mucus; temperature 100¡ F." 2. "Physician notified, chest x-ray taken." 3. "Client reports having had a cold the day before surgery." 4. "Client drank 750 mL of fluids in 8 hours."