You are caring for a patient with C. difficile. What precautions should you follow?
What will be an ideal response?
You should follow Standard Precautions, contact precautions, and practice good hand hygiene. Soap and water are preferred over alcohol-based hand sanitizers. The environment and care items must be kept sanitary and disinfected with a bleach solution.
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A) Gastrointestinal upset B) Dry skin and pruritus C) Drowsiness D) Orthostatic hypotension
The patient is complaining of severe incisional pain 2 days after surgery. The patient has Morphine ordered intravenously or by mouth. The nurse chooses to give the medication orally. This is an example of:
a. decision making. b. reasoning. c. problem solving. d. judgment.
A study conducted on the adjunct intervention, massage therapy, in children with cancer and the impact on the immune system response would be based on which theory?
A) Web of causation B) Stress and adaptation C) Theory of immunity D) Homeostasis
The nurse is caring for a client with body temperature instability. What hypothalamic reactions should the nurse consider occurring to help control the client's temperature instability? Select all that apply
1. Radiation 2. Convection 3. Conduction 4. Evaporation 5. Condensation