A nurse is preparing to do a physical examination on a patient. What is the most important thing that the nurse should do to prepare for the examination?
A. Gathering all the necessary equipment
B. Making sure the equipment is in working order
C. Performing thorough hand hygiene
D. Having the appropriate forms available for documentation
C
Performing hand hygiene thoroughly before equipment preparation and the examination is of primary importance.
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Which questions will aid the nurse in planning culturally congruent care? (Select all that apply.)
a. "What do smiles, nods, and hand gestures mean?" b. "How are you usually addressed?" c. "How many health care professionals have you seen?" d. "What is eaten when one is sick?" e. "Who is involved in making decisions about health care?"
The purpose of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 was to:
1. give health insurance companies access to medical records. 2. ensure that no one sees medical records. 3. create strict guidelines regarding access to medical records. 4. make it illegal to discuss health information with the client's family.
A nurse is working on a task force setting up a suicide prevention hotline. When gathering data to support projected numbers of calls and staffing levels, the nurse is guided by the knowledge that suicide rates of adolescents and young adults:
a. are inversely related to homicide rates b. correspond to homicide rates c. do not predictably relate to homicide rates d. equal homicide rates of 3 months earlier
Parent education on Internet safety states that parents should be concerned if their teen:
1. Gets unexplained phone calls late at night. 2. Quickly changes the monitor screen when you enter the room. 3. Receives gifts from an unknown person. 4. All of the above.