A resident has AD. You are helping the person dress. You should do which of the following?
a. Leave the room when the person puts on undergarments to protect the right to pri-vacy.
b. Set a timer so that the person will work toward getting dressed.
c. Hand the person his or her stack of clothes and tell him or her to get dressed.
d. Tell the person what to do with each clothing item.
D
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a. Rehabilitation is usually achieved within a few months after stabilization. b. Rehabilitation will return the patient with an SCI to the preaccident functional level. c. Rehabilitation focuses on adjustments ne-cessary to reenter society and the workplace. d. Rehabilitation completely targets self-care.
The nurse teaches a patient with tetraplegia or paraplegia which of the following guidelines related to bladder management?
A) Empty the bladder frequently. B) Consume 500 mL of fluid daily. C) Wear synthetic underwear. D) Concentrated urine should be reported to the physician immediately.
A woman who has had three term pregnancies, a premature baby, two abortions and delivered three live infants, but one died of SIDS at 11-months old, would be considered which of the following?
a. 3-2-1-1-3 c. 5-2-1-2-3 b. 3-2-1-2-2 d. 5-2-1-2-2
When explaining how a newborn adapts to extrauterine life, the nurse would describe which body systems as undergoing the most rapid changes?
A) Gastrointestinal and hepatic B) Urinary and hematologic C) Respiratory and cardiovascular D) Neurological and integumentary