The nurse is reviewing the charting of a student nurse. The student has documented that bowel sounds are absent. The nurse recognizes that each quadrant must be auscultated for _____ mi-nutes before this is correct
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
D
The criterion for the documentation of absent bowel sounds is that each quadrant is auscultated for 5 minutes.
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You are the nurse preparing to give an injection to an infant. Which of the following sites is preferred for giving an intramuscular injection?
a. vastus lateralis c. ventrogluteal b. rectus femoris d. deltoid
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word