The perinatal nurse describes different breech positions to the student nurse. The fetal position with extended legs toward the fetal shoulders is best described as a:
A) Frank breech
B) Footling breech
C) Complete breech
D) Incomplete breech
A
Frank breech
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a. Needle aspiration with biopsy b. Paracentesis c. Thoracentesis d. Fiberoptic endoscopy
A client has been admitted to the health care facility for observation and will return home the same evening. The client has a gold ring, watch, reading glasses, and other personal belongings
What care should the nurse take with regard to these objects? A) Ask the client's relatives to take the belongings home. B) Keep the client's belongings secured in a locker. C) Allow the client to wear them unless moving out of the room. D) Hand over the belongings to the admitting department.
A patient has just been diagnosed with chronic pancreatitis. The patient is underweight and in severe pain and diagnostic testing indicates that over 80% of the patient's pancreas has been destroyed
The patient asks the nurse why the diagnosis was not made earlier in the disease process. What would be the nurse's best response? A) "The symptoms of pancreatitis mimic those of much less serious illnesses." B) "Your body doesn't require pancreatic function until it is under great stress, so it is easy to go unnoticed." C) "Chronic pancreatitis often goes undetected until a large majority of pancreatic function is lost." D) "It's likely that your other organs were compensating for your decreased pancreatic function."
A child is admitted to the pediatric division with an acute asthma attack. The nurse assesses the lung sounds and respiratory rate. The mother asks the nurse, "Why is his chest sucking in above his stomach?
The nurse's most accurate response is A) "He will require additional testing to determine the cause." B) "He is using his chest muscles to help him breathe." C) "His infection is causing him to breathe harder." D) "His lung muscles are swollen so he is using abdominal muscles."