The nurse is preparing to auscultate the breaths sounds of a client's anterior chest. The nurse notes that the client's chest has a large amount of hair on it. Which of the following would the nurse do?
A) Give the client a razor and soap and ask him to shave the hair on his chest
B) Have the client put his T-shirt back on and auscultate through the shirt
C) Omit this part of the assessment and document this
D) Have the client breath more forcibly during the exam and listen with the bell
B
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A nurse is researching the trends of maturational crisis. Which patients will the nurse determine are at greatest risk for developing a maturational crisis? (Select all that apply.)
1. Young child whose parent is murdered 2. Older adult whose spouse recently passed away 3. Young adult single parent of two young children 4. College student who is attending an out-of-state university 5. Exchange student whose family has been killed in a terrorist attack overseas
The primary care NP prescribes disulfiram to a patient who has stopped drinking but continues to have cravings for alcohol. The NP must counsel the patient to:
a. abstain from alcohol completely. b. report a garlic taste in the mouth. c. stop taking the drug after a few months. d. increase the drug dose after several months.
An appropriate principle of wound irrigation that a nurse can apply is:
A. Moving from infected to healthy tissue B. Using clean irrigation solutions C. Cleaning from the least to the most contaminated area D. Moving toward and cleaning the suture line last