A nurse's role includes performing ___________________ to assess a patient's risk status for malnutrition, assessing and assisting an adult patient with feeding, and identifying patients at risk for aspiration during oral feeding
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nutritional screening
A nurse's role includes performing nutritional screening to assess a patient's risk status for malnutrition, assessing and assisting an adult patient with feeding, and identifying patients at risk for aspiration during oral feeding.
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A woman in preterm labor at 30 weeks of gestation receives two 12-mg doses of beta-methasone intramuscularly. The purpose of this pharmacologic treatment is to:
a. Stimulate fetal surfactant production. b. Reduce maternal and fetal tachycardia associated with ritodrine administration. c. Suppress uterine contractions. d. Maintain adequate maternal respiratory effort and ventilation during magnesium sulfate therapy.
A woman undergoing an amniocentesis at 16 weeks will need an injection of RhoGAM if she is Rh- ____________________
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An assessment finding that would indicate to the nurse that cervical dilation and/or effacement has occurred is:
a. onset of irregular contractions. b. cephalic presentation at 0 station. c. bloody mucus drainage from vagina. d. fetal heart tones (FHTs) present in the lower right quadrant.
A nurse learns before work that a close family member has been diagnosed with a serious disease. Arriving at work, the nurse finds the family member has been assigned as a client and is very demanding and complains a lot. The nurse would:
1. Resolve to refrain from reacting negatively to the client. 2. Tell the client to change the behavior. 3. Discuss the situation with the charge nurse. 4. Ask the doctor to help control the client.