The nursing intervention that would be inappropriate in the immediate postprocedure care of a patient who has had a fiberoptic bronchoscopy would be to:
1. place the patient in a semi-Fowler's position.
2. offer fluids to assess swallowing ability.
3. assess for diminished breath sounds.
4. assess for stridor.
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Patients are NPO until the gag reflex returns.
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The nurse is teaching parents about caring for their child after cardiac surgery. Which of the following should be included in the instructions?
1. The child will be restricted from most play activities. 2. The child will receive prophylactic antibiotics for any dental, oral, or upper respiratory tract procedures. 3. The child will not receive routine immunizations. 4. The child will have a fever for several weeks following the surgery.
A client reports to her counselor that she witnessed other clients talking and behaving "inappropriately" in the clinic waiting room
The client asks about these other clients' conditions and suggests, "Perhaps if we form a support group, I can help them." The MOST therapeutic response from the counselor would be to say: a. "Thanks for offering! The theory of group therapy is to help each other out, so perhaps we can try it for a short period of time and see how it goes." b. "I appreciate your concern for others; however, it would help each of you the most if you each worked on your own individual issues as recommended by your treatment team." c. "Thanks for telling me about it! I'll be sure to pass it on to their counselors and see what can be done to fix the problem in the waiting room." d. "Well, how did you suddenly get to be so smart? Next I suppose you'll expect to be hired as a staff member!"
A community/public health nurses states that the United States has an integrated health care system. What is meant by this statement?
a. The larger for-profit managed care organizations are absorbing smaller organizations so that eventually only three to five large companies will exist. b. Large organizations are trying to own or control a complete range of health care facilities to meet all health care needs of their enrollees. c. Large managed care organizations are employing attorneys as employees to ensure that no malpractice suit against them can be successful. d. Physicians are choosing to become employees to avoid paying for malpractice insurance and therefore are being absorbed into hospital systems.
The nurse measures a blood pressure of 166/100 mm Hg on a participant of a screening clinic. Which follow-up should the nurse recommend to this participant?
a. 1 month b. 2 months c. 12 months d. 24 months