The nurse needs to administer a rectal suppository to the client for constipation. Which should the nurse delegate to the nursing assistant (UAP)?
1. Insert the suppository into client's rectum.
2. Notify client's provider of suppository results.
3. Document the administration of a suppository.
4. Assist client to bathroom for bowel movement.
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4. The nurse asks the UAP to help the client to the bathroom after receiving a suppo-sitory because the assistant is trained to perform the task.
1. Usually assistants lack the training and education to administer medication unless the UAP receives specialized training as a medication technician.
2 and 3. The nurse notifies the provider of results and documents the medication be-cause these tasks are within the nurse's scope of practice.
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A patient asks the nurse, "What is the major difference between traditional Western medicine and complementary and alternative therapies (CAM)?" The best reply for the nurse to make is that traditional Western medicine:
a. focuses on what is done to the patient, and CAM focuses on body-mind interaction in an actively involved patient. b. treats illnesses and is symptom specific, whereas CAM is holistic and focused more on health promotion than illness treatment. c. is controlled by doctors and the health care industry, but CAM is the people's medicine and not motivated by profit. d. has been tested by research and is regulated, but CAM is religiously based and not nearly as regulated.
Although all age groups can be affected, sleep disorders occur most frequently in
1. adolescence. 2. later childhood. 3. older adulthood. 4. middle adulthood.
A nurse is using critical pathways to care for a patient. Which area will the nurse address according to the pathway?
a. Activity b. Nursing diagnosis c. Times to chart d. Admission form
The patient has the nursing diagnosis of Impaired physical mobility related to pain in the left shoulder. This diagnosis means that the nurse should
a. Encourage the patient to do self-care. b. Keep the patient as mobile as possible. c. Encourage the patient to perform ROM. d. Assist the patient with comfort measures.