A diabetes nurse educator is teaching a patient, newly diagnosed with diabetes, about his disease process, diet, exercise, and medications. What is the goal of this teaching?
A) to help the patient develop self-care abilities
B) to ensure the patient will return for follow-up care
C) to facilitate complete recovery from the disease
D) to implement ordered teaching and counseling
A
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a. Keep the client on oxygen by nasal can-nula at all times. b. Use great care in transferring the client from bed to chair to prevent bone injury. c. Allow the client to rest for 10 minutes before and after each activity. d. Encourage the client to be as independent as possible.
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1. "The medication should be providing enough relief; try to ambulate her." 2. "I've never known anyone to have such pain after that procedure." 3. "He should be able to ambulate with only minimal pain by now." 4. "She says she's in pain, but she doesn't act like she is in pain."
The nurse counsels a client to have the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (EIA) test in order to
a. Indicate the presence of the antibody to HIV. b. Reveal whether or not the client has AIDS. c. Isolate the HIV virus. d. Confirm HIV after having a positive Western blot.
Mrs. Bergdorf is on intake and output. She drank six ounces of coffee with her breakfast. You offered her supplemental fluids mid-morning, and she drank four ounces of juice. How many milliliters will you record as intake for her?
A. 12 ml B. 300 ml C. 360 ml D. 180 ml