A nurse is teaching a patient how to administer insulin, with the expected outcome that the patient will be able to self-administer the insulin injection. How would this outcome be evaluated?
A) asking the patient to verbally repeat the steps of the injection
B) asking the patient to demonstrate self-injection of insulin
C) asking family members how much trouble the patient is having with injections
D) asking the patient how comfortable he or she is with injections
B
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1. Withhold the feeding and notify the physician. 2. Replace the residual and continue with the full feeding. 3. Replace the residual, but only give 5 mL of the feeding. 4. Withhold the feeding and check the residual in three hours.
To give eardrops to a 4-year-old, which of the following would be the best technique to use?
A) Pull the pinna of the ear downward. B) Lift the pinna of the ear down and back. C) Press the pinna of the ear forward. D) Pull the pinna of the ear up and back.
Mr. Hogg has an infusion of dopamine to maintain his blood pressure. The infusion started with 800 mg/
250 mL D5W at 8 mL/h and over the past 5 hours it was titrated up to 15 mL/h. He has received 65 mL of the solution. How much dopamine has he received? A. 208 mL of D5W B. 20.8 mg of dopamine C. 208 mg of dopamine D. 2080 mg of dopamine
The patient was found unresponsive in her apartment and is being brought to the emergency department. She has arm, hand, and leg edema, her temperature is 95.6° F, and her hands are cold secondary to her history of peripheral vascular disease
It is reported that she has a latex allergy. To quickly measure the patient's oxygen saturation, what should the nurse do? a. Attach a finger probe to the patient's index finger. b. Place a nonadhesive sensor on the patient's ear lobe. c. Attach a disposable adhesive sensor to the bridge of the patient's nose. d. Place the sensor on the same arm that the electronic blood pressure cuff is on.