A fever develops in a client who has been hospitalized for 2 months and is receiving parenteral nutrition by way of a central venous line, and central venous line-related sepsis is diagnosed. The nurse interprets this finding as meaning that this infection is:
A. An iatrogenic infection
B. A result of bacterial colonization
C. A community-acquired infection
D. A healthcare-associated infection
Ans: D. A healthcare-associated infection
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The nurse should treat these data as the basis of a nursing diagnosis plan, as they represent: a. symptoms. b. data clustering. c. signs of fluid overload. d. urinary retention.
A client has been diagnosed with herpes simplex virus. The client states that, "modern medicine produces more and more antivirals every year, and so the treatment should be simple." Which of the following statements listed below is the best response?
A) "The recent rise of drug resistance has significantly hampered the elimination of viruses." B) "The cell coat of viruses is particularly resilient to the available synthetic antivirals." C) "The use of antivirals is severely limited by the unwanted adverse effects that they cause." D) "Treatment options for viruses are often limited because what destroys viruses often damages your own body cells."
An ambulatory client must transfer to a stretcher for outpatient surgery. Place the nursing interventions in order beginning with the action that initiates the client's safe transfer to the stretcher
1. Provide sufficient privacy. 2. Lock the stretcher's brakes. 3. Use step stool with handle. 4. Place stretcher against a wall.
Which statement indicates that the nurse has a good understanding of teaching/learning?
a. "Teaching and learning can be separated." b. "Learning is an interactive process that promotes teaching." c. "Learning consists of a conscious, deliberate set of actions designed to help the teacher." d. "Teaching is most effective when it responds to the learner's needs."