A nursing assistant decides to go home sick after she has accepted her assignment. She decides to go ahead and leave the agency without telling anyone. This is known as:
a. Elder abuse
b. Tort
c. Neglect
d. Abandonment
D
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A patient prescribed a systemic antifungal drug reports a change in how food tastes. What is your best action?
a. Document the report as the only action. b. Hold the dose and notify the prescriber immediately. c. Caution the patient to wear sunglasses and a hat when outside. d. Reassure the patient that this is a common side effect of the drug.
The surgical incision of a patient recovering from a partial colonectomy for colon cancer is red and the skin around the sutures is taut and shiny. Which of the following do these findings indicate to the nurse?
1. the sutures need to be removed 2. a local wound infection that might deteriorate into an enterocutaneous fistula 3. the patient needs to use more pillows when deep breathing and coughing to splint the incision 4. the wound is healing
When we say "blood sugar," we are talking about:
1. Fructose 2. Glucose 3. Galactose 4. Lactose
If an individual has smallpox, how would it most likely be spread?
A) fecal-oral route B) direct contact C) contaminated items D) by birds