A healthcare professional is trying to lower a patient’s body temperature by convection. What action by the professional will accomplish this?
a. Lower the temperature in the patient’s room.
b. Place the patient in a cooling blanket.
c. Obtain a fan and set it to blow over the patient.
d. Place cold moist towels over the patient.
Answer: c. Obtain a fan and set it to blow over the patient.
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A nurse teaches a client who has been prescribed a 24-hour urine collection to measure excreted hormones. The client asks, "Why do I need to collect urine for 24 hours instead of providing a random specimen?" How should the nurse respond?
a. "This test will assess for a hormone secreted on a circadian rhythm." b. "The hormone is diluted in urine; therefore, we need a large volume." c. "We are assessing when the hormone is secreted in large amounts." d. "To collect the correct hormone, you need to urinate multiple times."
When reviewing the patient's record, the nurse sees the results of a recent blood chemistry profile. These results indicate the patient is being evaluated for what health problem?
1. hyperparathyroidism 2. Cushing syndrome 3. thyroiditis 4. hypothyroidism
The nurse is caring for a client who sustained a brain injury and is no longer competent to make health care decisions. The nurse suggests that decisions for care:
1. Be determined by the physician. 2. Are the responsibility of social services. 3. Be made by the agent named in the durable power of attorney. 4. Be made by the client's spouse.
The American Holistic Nurses Association published a code of ethics for nursing practices. The Code of Ethics for Holistic Nurses contains provisions for:
a. only the nurse's responsibilities toward clients b. the nurse's responsibilities toward clients and the facility c. the client's responsibilities toward the nurse, and the nurse's responsibilities toward the client d. the nurse's responsibilities toward the client, coworkers, the self, the environment, and other nurses