A client arrives at a healthcare facility with her 3-month-old baby who has been
diagnosed with pyloric stenosis. What sign should a nurse assess for in this case?
A) Assess for projectile vomiting
B) Assess for milk regurgitation
C) Assess for swallowing problems
D) Assess for presence of diarrhea
A
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The nurse is teaching a class on the management of poisoning to emergency department nurses. The nurse asks the class, "Gastric lavage and aspiration should be reserved for which situation or situations?"
Which of the following would be correct? (Select all that apply.) a. Patients who have ingested caustic agents b. Situations in which the poison was ingested during the preceding hour c. Comatose patients d. Patients who have significant cardiac dysrhythmia e. Life-threatening ingestion of poison
Cultural mores influence
A. language. B. ethnicity. C. customs. D. genetics.
The nurse is concerned that she is going to be sued for negligence. Negligence is defined as:
a. the failure of an individual to provide care that a reasonable person would ordinarily use in a similar circumstance. b. improper discharge of professional duties or failure to meet the standards of acceptable care, which result in harm to another person. c. an intentional and unlawful offer to touch a person in an offensive, insulting, or physically intimidating manner. d. an obligation one has incurred or might incur through any act or failure to act.
A client is admitted with dysentery caused by Clostridium difficile, or pseudomembranous colitis. To elicit the most helpful information about the cause of the dysentery, the nurse would ask the client
a. "Are you taking any antibiotics?" b. "Do you ever go barefoot outside your home?" c. "Does anyone else in your family have bowel problems?" d. "Have you traveled in any foreign countries lately?"