The nurse is worried that a client who is not entirely reliable is being discharged home on therapy for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. What strategy is the best to use for this client?
a. Directly observed therapy
b. IV drug administration
c. Remaining in the hospital
d. Isolation
A
If a client is "not reliable," the risk is that the client will not take medications as required, causing spread of an organism that may become more drug resistant. The other answers are not correct.
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a. Anxiety related to fear of the hospital b. Ineffective airway clearance related to retained secretions c. Fluid volume excess related to third spacing of fluid (edema) d. Ineffective thermoregulation related to fever
The fetus of a pregnant patient is in a breech presentation. Where will the nurse auscultate fetal heart sounds?
A) Low in the abdomen B) Left lateral abdomen C) High in the abdomen D) Right lateral abdomen
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An elementary school nurse is caring for many students in the office. The school nurse has an assistant who is not a registered nurse. Which of the following tasks should the nurse delegate to the assistant?
A. Giving a young girl with type 2 diabetes and a blood glucose of 62 a cup of orange juice B. Supervising a 12-year-old girl in administration of her injectable insulin C. Giving an 8-year-old boy his ADHD medication D. Performing a vision assessment on a 10-year-old boy