A 40-year-old client is scheduled to have a hysterectomy. The physician recommends that the client stop taking certain medications for at least a week before the surgery and avoid herbal supplements, such as green tea leaf, turmeric, and ginger,
during this period. Which explanation should the nurse give the client for avoiding herbal supplements in the preoperative period? A) May decrease the effect of anesthetic agents
B) May interact with the antibiotics administered
C) May cause slow healing of the incision
D) May contribute to the risk of bleeding
D
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General anesthesia blocks all body sensations and cause unconsciousness, relaxation and loss of reflexes. A local, regional, conduction blocks or spinal anesthesia disrupts sensation to the specific body areas or parts without causing unconsciousness. A local anesthetic may be administered intravenously, rectally, or by inhalation.
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A nurse who provides care in an ophthalmology clinic has an order to instill atropine eye drops to a patient prior to the patient's clinical examination. What health education should the nurse provide prior to this intervention?
A) "These drops might sting a little bit, and they will make you temporarily sensitive to light." B) "These eye drops will make it more difficult to close your eyes, but this will pass in a few hours." C) "These drops will make your pupil temporarily constrict so that your eye can be examined more closely." D) "These drops will make your eyes very bloodshot and sensitive, but this is only temporary."
Which phase of the nursing process is used after the nurse completes teaching the client?
1. goals 2. intervention 3. planning 4. evaluation
The nurse could be invading a client's personal space when: (Select all that apply.)
A) leaving the door open to the room while the client is sleeping. B) placing newborn twins in the same baby bed. C) stooping to face the client eye to eye when explaining a procedure. D) sitting on the side of the bed to assist the client with eating a meal. E) placing personal belongings in a drawer or closet.
A client has an abrupt onset of a cluster of global changes in attention, cognition, and level of consciousness. What would be the most appropriate nursing diagnosis?
A) Acute Confusion B) Chronic Confusion C) Impaired Memory D) Disturbed Sensory Perception