A 15-year-old boy has been brought to the emergency department by his friends after severing his brachial artery while trying to scale a fence. In order to stop this patient's bleeding, the nurse should:
A) Apply a tourniquet proximal to the site of the wound.
B) Apply direct pressure to the wound.
C) Administer platelets.
D) Apply a tourniquet distal to the wound.
B
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The population health nurse is reviewing the recommendations within the Report of the Massachusetts Sanitary Commission drafted by Lemuel Shattuck. What should the nurse identify as being the most important effect of this document?
1. Establishing state boards of health. 2. Establishing workhouses for the sick poor. 3. Mobilizing social reform to sanitary engineering. 4. Refuting that poverty was the result of deficiencies in moral character.
A nurse is caring for a patient who is postoperative day 1 right hip replacement. How should the nurse position the patient?
A) Keep the patient's hips in abduction at all times. B) Keep hips flexed at no less than 90 degrees. C) Elevate the head of the bed to high Fowler's. D) Seat the patient in a low chair as soon as possible.
The following are goals for a patient being treated for alcoholism. Select the order in which these goals should be approached. A. Developing alternative coping skills B. Attaining physiological stabilization C Learning about dependence and recovery D. Abstinence and development of a support system
a. A, B, C, D b. B, D, C, A c. C, D, B, A d. D, C, B, A
Respond to the statement, "Dying is a lonely business, a journey each person must complete alone." Should you leave the patient to die alone? Describe how you should care for the dying patient.
What will be an ideal response?