A 6-month-old girl is diagnosed as having atopic dermatitis. When interviewing her parents, they describe the following care measures. Which one would lead you to think more health teaching is needed?
A) The mother gives her a daily bath without using soap.
B) After a bath, the mother applies Eucerin cream.
C) To aid healing, the father applies hydrocortisone cream to the lesions.
D) To dry lesions, the father applies alcohol to lesions daily.
D
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A two-year-old child with a fever is prescribed amoxicillin clavulanate 250 mg/5 ml three times daily by mouth for ten days for otitis media. To guard against antibiotic resistance, the nurse instructs the parent to:
1. Give the antibiotic for the full ten days. 2. Measure the prescribed dose in a household teaspoon. 3. Spread the dose evenly during daylight hours. 4. Stop the antibiotic when the child is afebrile.
The nurse is caring for an older patient recovering from a total hip replacement. Which intervention will prevent dislocation of the hip prosthesis?
1. Encourage early ambulation. 2. Provide pain medication as needed. 3. Apply intermittent compression devices. 4. Place a wedge between the legs to keep the hip in abduction.
The physician, in telling the nurse to follow an order, states, "If anything happens, I'll take full responsibility." What effect would the physician's statement have in a subsequent lawsuit for malpractice?
1. It alters the rule of professional accountability, because the physician is also a professional. 2. It alters the rule of personal accountability, because accountability is now substituted to the physician. 3. It does not alter the nurse's personal accountability at all. 4. It provides a valid defense for the nurse in the lawsuit.
A client, diagnosed with chronic obstructive lung disease receiving oxygen at 1.5 liters per minute via nasal cannula, is complaining of shortness of breath. What action should the nurse take?
1. Increase the oxygen to 3 liters per minute via nasal cannula. 2. Lower the head of the client's bed to semi-Fowler's position. 3. Have the client breathe through pursed lips. 4. Encourage the client to breathe more rapidly.