For nurses caring for clients in high-risk areas such as newborn nurseries, visitor teaching should include a minimum time required for hand hygiene of:
a. 30 seconds c. 90 seconds
b. 60 seconds d. 2 minutes
D
High-risk areas such as newborn nurseries, usually require about a minimum of 2 minutes for hand washing. Soiled hands usually require more time.
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The perinatal nurse teaches new parents that the best sleeping position for infants is which of the following?
A. Prone B. Side-lying C. Side-lying with a blanket roll behind the infant's back D. Supine
The nurse is administering medications to assigned pediatric clients. Why should the nurse monitor these clients for medication sensitivity?
1. Children have immature kidneys and livers. 2. Children will spit out most medications. 3. Children metabolize medications more quickly than do adults. 4. Children need higher dosages for drugs to be effective.
If a competent patient refused treatment, but this treatment was given anyway, his cause of action would be ______.:
a. battery b. negligence c. false imprisonment d. defamation
A client with coronary artery disease is being prepared for a coronary arterial bypass graft sur-gery. The nurse knows that the coronary artery that carries the most blood and can cause the most harm when blocked is the:
1. Left coronary artery 2. Posterior interventricular artery 3. Circumflex artery 4. Anterior interventricular artery