A patient has been prescribed a topical corticosteroid and the nurse is providing relevant patient teaching about the correct technique for applying this medication. What guideline should the nurse provide to this patient?
A) Apply the medication to the affected area and to unaffected skin within 2 to 3 inches of the affected skin.
B) Apply a thin coating of the medication, but ensure that all affected areas are covered with the medication.
C) Avoid covering affected areas with clothing or bandages after applying the medication.
D) Apply a coating of the medication to the affected area and then gently rub it off after 5 to 10 minutes.
B
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When providing client education, it is important to build upon previously learned information, moving from simple concepts to complex concepts. What is this learning principle called?
a. organization b. reinforcement c. relevance d. repetition
The nurse has written a goal for a postoperative appendectomy patient that reads: "The client will ambulate 40 feet in the hallway every day beginning the day after surgery." This goal might be considered as:
a. having too long of a time frame to achieve. b. having too short of a time frame to achieve. c. being too easy for the client to achieve. d. something that should be accomplished once the client returns home.
A family agreed to bring all the children in to the clinic at one time to begin to catch up on the children's immunizations, but they didn't keep their appointment. Which of the following conclusions by the nurse would be most accurate?
a. Obtaining immunizations might have been the nurse's goal, not the family's. b. Some barrier or restraint interfered with the family's ability to come. c. The family had other, more important priorities. d. The nurse didn't adequately emphasize the importance of obtaining immunizations.
The health care provider instructs a client to ingest 10 glasses of water a day. How many pints will the client drink in a week?
1. 3.5 2. 35 3. 70 4. 105