The nurse is caring for a client who had surgery to repair a fractured left-sided hip using a posterior approach. In implementing hip precautions, which action should the nurse teach the client to avoid?
A. Crossing legs at the ankle
B. Using an elevated toilet seat
C. Placing a pillow between the legs
D. Keeping the legs abducted from the midline
Ans: A. Crossing legs at the ankle
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A client asks the nurse why he is a homosexual. The best response for the nurse to make would be:
a. it was determined in utero. b. it evolved throughout your life span. c. it is a culturally determined pattern. d. you learned it from your family.
A nurse researcher assigns half a study sample to an experimental group and the other half to a control group. What does this action represent?
a. Instrumentation of the independent variable b. Manipulation of the mediating variable c. Elimination of the mediating variable d. Manipulation of the independent variable
When discharge teaching a patient who has schizophrenia and is taking clozapine (Clozaril), it is important to teach all of the following except:
A) "Be sure to have you lab work on time and as ordered." B) "Do not stop this drug abruptly. First call your doctor." C) "Do not take any over-the-counter medications or alcohol while on this medication, without your doctor's approval." D) "You may begin driving immediately, while taking this medication."
During labor, the fetus was in a brow presentation, but after a prolonged labor, the fetus converted to face presentation and was delivered vaginally with forceps assist. What should the nurse explain to the parents?
1. The infant will need to be observed for meconium aspiration. 2. Facial edema and head molding will subside in a few days. 3. The infant will be given prophylactic antibiotics. 4. Breastfeeding will need to be delayed for a day or two.