A pregnant woman is planning on taking a vacation that involves extensive travel by automobile. What should the nurse teach the patient about this form of travel while pregnant?
A) Travel no more than 120 miles daily
B) Sit in the back seat with feet elevated
C) Stop and walk every few hours
D) Limit trips away from home, greater than 200 miles
Ans: C
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a. They block absorption of nutrients b. They interfere with metabolism c. They increase blood cholesterol d. They must be hydrogenated
What is true about funding priorities in nursing research?
a. Any nursing research evaluating the best educational path for entry into practice is considered high priority for funding. b. Most major nursing organizations develop research priorities for research. It is wise to go to the web site of an agency to view these priorities before asking for research dollars. c. The American Nurses Association is the organization that represents nurses and makes their research priorities clear. d. The National Institutes of Health determine funding priorities for nursing and other disciplines.
A client has returned to the nursing unit after a prostatectomy. Which activities does the nurse delegate to the unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP)? (Select all that apply.)
a. Demonstrating how to use the incentive spirometer b. Measuring and recording output from the in-dwelling catheter c. Encouraging the client to get out of bed and into the chair d. Irrigating the catheter with normal saline for blood clots e. Re-taping the catheter tape if the client reports pain
The staff on a nursing unit notes that patient satisfaction varies from month to month
They plot the degree of patient satisfaction each month for 1 year to determine when the periods of greatest dissatisfaction are occurring. The staff uses which type of graph? a. Time plot b. Pareto chart c. Flowchart d. Cause-and-effect diagram