A nurse is educating a patient diagnosed with hepatitis A. What should the nurse instruct this patient to avoid sharing?
a. Food
b. Bodies
c. Needles
d. Housing
A
Hepatitis A is spread from contact with saliva, which can be transmitted by shared food or drinks.
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You are a nurse manager on the 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. shift. You periodically make rounds, observing and checking on your staff and residents. You do this on a regular basis throughout your shift because:
1. your facility requires you to do so. 2. the policy manual states this as a regulation. 3. you are responsible for the behavior of those you manage. 4. state law requires this action.
While the nurse is helping the dialysis patient dress to go to her dialysis treatment, the patient bursts into tears and says, "I can't go! I can't stand another day in that awful place
I will die if I have to go!" The nurse's best intervention would be to: a. stop the dressing process, sit down, and calmly ask, "Let's talk about how you are feeling." b. continue to dress the patient and say, "You'll feel better after you have had your dialysis treatment." c. stop the dressing process and ask, "Are you aware that you can get sicker if you don't go?" d. continue dressing the patient and say, "We'll have to hurry if you are to eat breakfast before you go."
A client informs the nurse, "My mother keeps telling me to get over the death of my spouse, but I'm having a hard time doing that.". Which of the following should the nurse do to assist the client and family?
1. Remind the client and family that the grief process is different for everyone, and that there can be no time limit set 2. Agree with the mother 3. Not get involved with a family conflict 4. Tell the client that arguing with a parent never ends in a good way
The nurse is caring for a patient who is reporting severe foot pain due to corns. The patient has been using oval corn pads to self-treat the corns, but they seem to be getting worse. Which information will the nurse share with the patient?
a. Corn pads are an adequate treatment and should be continued. b. The patient should avoid soaking the feet before using a pumice stone. c. Depending on severity, surgery may be needed to remove the corns. d. Tighter shoes would help to compress the corns and make them smaller.