A patient has a fractured right hip. How is the leg positioned?
a. Abducted at all times
b. Abducted when in bed
c. Adducted at all times
d. Adducted when in bed
A
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a. Obtain a specimen for aerobic blood cultures. b. Send the resident for a chest x-ray exam promptly. c. Analyze sputum for color, texture, and volume. d. Compare tympanic temperature to the baseline.
A registered nurse desires to gain employment as a nurse in a local hospital. The person who is credited with establishing the first hospital in the West is
a. Fabiola c. Florence Nightingale b. Hygeia d. Dorothea Dix
A nurse is speaking with a new group of student nurses about the importance of developing cultural humility, not just cultural competence. How does the nurse suggest that the students begin to develop cultural humility?
A. Study as much as they can about other cultures B. Nothing–it will become second nature as they progress in their career. C. Perform cultural self-assessments regularly. D. Perform cultural assessments on every patient they encounter.
The nurse is assigned to care for a client who has chosen to formula-feed her infant. The nurse will plan to instruct the client to:
1. Apply a heating pad to breasts for comfort. 2. Wear a breast shield to correct nipple inversion. 3. Wear a supportive brassiere continuously for 72 hours. 4. Use the manual breast pump provided to express milk.