A labor and delivery nurse is assisting a health care provider who will be artificially rupturing a client's membranes (AROM). What barrier devices must the health care provider wear?
a. clean gloves and clean gown
b. face shield and clean gloves
c. face shield, sterile gloves, and clean gown
d. sterile gloves only
C
Health care providers must apply nonsterile gloves before touching mucous membranes, nonintact skin, blood, body fluids, secretions, excretions, and contaminated items; and wear a gown during procedures and client care activities with a high probability of generating splashes or sprays of blood, body fluids, secretions, or excretions. Masks, eye protection, and face shields are to be worn when procedures and client care activities may generate splashes or sprays of blood, body fluids, secretions, or excretions.
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A nurse has assessed the residual amount before beginning a nasogastric tube feeding and has found 100 mL. What will the nurse do next?
A) Nothing; this amount is within normal limits. B) Report the finding to the physician. C) Omit the feeding and document the reason. D) Rinse the tube and repeat the assessment.
___________________ provide a format for documenting a patient's health status and progress
Fill in the blanks with correct word