Total parenteral nutrition (TPN) is a procedure that is routinely performed by nursing assistants
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
False
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A manager has conducted a nurse?s evaluation. The manager has focused a large portion of the appraisal on the nurse?s personality. The nurse does not agree with the appraisal and contacts the human resources director
What basis does the nurse have to dispute the appraisal? 1. The appraisal is incomplete. 2. The appraisal is unfair. 3. The appraisal is not valid. 4. The nurse?s perception of the appraisal is unjustified.
A patient has just undergone an abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. The patient is pulling at the Foley catheter, nasogastric tube, central line, and abdominal dressing and a wrist restraint is applied after an order is received
Later, the patient reports tingling and numbness in the fingers and hand. Which actions should the nurse take? (Select all that apply.) a. Remove the restraint immediately. b. Remind the patient this will decrease with time. c. Notify the health care provider. d. Medicate the patient for pain. e. Stay with the patient.
The client with type 2 diabetes has recently been changed from the oral antidiabetic agents glyburide (Micronase) and metformin (Glucophage) to glyburide-metformin (Glucovance)
The nurse includes which information in the teaching about this medication? a. "Glucovance is more effective than gly-buride and metformin." b. "Glucovance contains a combination of glyburide and metformin." c. "Glucovance is a new oral insulin and replaces all other oral antidiabetic agents." d. "Your diabetes is improving and you now need only one drug."
The nurse is assessing a client's wound on admission to the healthcare facility. The client has a loss of epidermis with damage into the dermis that appears as a shallow crater/blister with red/pink wound bed and no sloughing on the right hip
Based on this information, what stage pressure ulcer should the nurse document in the electronic medical record? A) Stage 1 B) Stage 2 C) Stage 3 D) Stage 4