As a nursing assistant, you can:
a. Report changes in the person's condition to the nurse
b. Give drugs and insert tubes into body openings
c. Take verbal or telephone orders from doctors
d. Discuss the person's diagnosis with the family
A
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a. Measuring the infant's length by using a tape measure b. Weighing the infant by placing him or her on an electronic standing scale c. Measuring the chest circumference at the nipple line with a tape measure d. Measuring the head circumference by wrapping the tape measure over the nose and cheekbones
Sally comes in for her first prenatal examination. This is her first child. She asks you (the nurse), "How does my baby get air inside my uterus?" The correct response is
a. "The baby's lungs work in utero to exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide." b. "The baby absorbs oxygen from your blood system." c. "The placenta provides oxygen to the baby and excretes carbon dioxide into your bloodstream." d. "The placenta delivers oxygen-rich blood through the umbilical artery to the baby's abdomen."
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What will be an ideal response?
A client admitted to a hospital is suspected to be brain dead. Which criteria could most likely be used to determine brain death?
A) Marked hypothermia B) Severe depression of the central nervous system (CNS) C) Complete absence of brain stem reflexes D) Dilated pupils