The pediatric nurse prepares a nursing care plan for a patient admitted to the intensive care unit for meningitis. The nurse is aware that appropriate nursing interventions for this condition include:
Select all answers that apply.
A) implementing standard precautions.
B) initiating and maintaining IV access.
C) monitoring vital signs every 4 to 8 hours.
D) monitoring neurological status and symptoms.
B, D
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a. "Does drinking fluids or warm drinks help alleviate the hoarseness?" b. "Do you have any pain in your neck or throat?" c. "Have you been singing, yelling, or talking excessively recently?" d. "Is your hoarseness continuous, or does it come and go?"
The nurse is providing dietary instruction to a patient diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. The nurse includes information on how to reduce dietary intake of cholesterol to no more than _______ mg per day
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
An important role of the nurse who is caring for a patient with an invasive hemodynamic monitoring includes:
1. Frequent reassessment and evaluation of data in order to tailor therapies to the patient. 2. Keeping IV solutions at atmospheric pressure so the monitor accurately obtains patient pressures. 3. Using the hemodynamic line for monitoring pressures and not for infusing IV fluids. 4. Zero referencing the transducer to the level of the radial artery.
Changing an individual's view of conflict restricts the individual to approach the situation more objectively and confidently
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.