An infant is admitted to the hospital for cleft palate surgery. The type of restraint you would use with the infant postoperatively would be
A) a body restraint.
B) elbow restraints.
C) crib side rails on the operative side.
D) clove hitch only when out of bed.
B
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A nursing unit is frequently short-staffed. Many agency nurses work to fill staff nurse vacancies. The manager has hired many new graduates, but most leave in less than 1 year. This may be the result of a lack of:
a. continuity of care. b. formal leadership. c. ethical behaviors. d. shared assumptions.
The school nurse is approached by an 8-year-old student. The student says that he learned in science class that the outer layer of the skin is dead cells
The student wants to know which of his cells is going to die so they can be covered with skin. What would be the nurse's best response? A) "All cells die and the body replaces most of them. The cells thought to form the barrier of the outer layer of the skin are called keratin cells." B) "All cells die and the body replaces most of them. The cells thought to form the barrier of the outer layer of the skin are called melanocytes." C) "All cells die and the body replaces most of them. The cells thought to form the barrier of the outer layer of the skin are called Merkel cells." D) "All cells die and the body replaces most of them. The cells thought to form the barrier of the outer layer of the skin are called Langerhans' cells."
A patient is receiving preoperative teaching. Which information should the nurse provide?
1. Teaching regarding the call lights and bed controls for the medical-surgical unit 2. Teaching regarding pain control in the postanesthesia recovery room (PACU) 3. Teaching regarding patient medications upon discharge 4. Teaching regarding the type of IV pump the patient will have after discharge to home health
There are several different kinds of immunity, each providing resistance in different ways to different pathogens. Which indicates there is a natural immunity?
A) Innate resistance to a specific antigen or toxin B) Derived from actual exposure to the specific infectious agent C) When the body produces its own antibodies against an antigen as a result of infection with the pathogen or through a vaccine D) Temporary resistance that has been donated to the host through transfusions of plasma, proteins, immunoglobulin, or antitoxins