When taking a radial pulse, you need to use:
a. Your thumb
b. Your 2 or 3 fingertips
c. Your ring and little fingertips
d. A stethoscope.
B
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1. 1 ventilation to 5 compressions 2. 1 ventilation to 30 compressions 3. 2 ventilations to 15 compressions 4. 2 ventilations to 30 compressions
A long-term care facility is reviewing its ?Violence Prevention? policy. The policy contains information regarding the reporting procedure
Which of the following would be appropriate for the DON (director of nursing) to consider adding to this policy? 1. Notification of the situation to area facilities 2. A list of who to contact in regard to administration and law enforcement 3. A list of law enforcement officials to contact 4. Administration?s home phone numbers
The nurse instructs a client with renal failure who is receiving hemodialysis about dietary modifications. The nurse determines that the client understands these dietary modifications if the client selects which items from the dietary menu?
A) Cream of wheat, blueberries, coffee B) Sausage and eggs, banana, orange juice C) Bacon, cantaloupe melon, orange juice D) Cured pork, grits, strawberries, orange juice
A patient has just returned to the unit from the PACU after surgery for a tumor within the spine
The patient complains of pain. When positioning the patient for comfort and to reduce injury to the surgical site, the nurse will position to patient in what position? A) In the high Fowler's position B) In a flat side-lying position C) In the Trendelenberg position D) In the reverse Trendelenberg position