Nursing assistants must use hand hygiene before and after each contact with a patient
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The nurse has completed an assessment on a patient who came to the clinic for a leg injury. As a result of the assessment, the nurse has determined that the patient has at-risk alcohol use. Which action by the nurse is most appropriate at this time?
a. Record the results of the assessment, and notify the physician on call. b. State, "You are drinking more than is medically safe. I strongly recommend that you quit drinking, and I'm willing to help you." c. State, "It appears that you may have a drinking problem. Here is the telephone number of our local Alcoholics Anonymous chapter." d. Give the patient information about a local rehabilitation clinic.
A nurse is preparing an educational program on DVT prevention for her peers. Which of the following nursing interventions would the nurse include in her program? Select all that apply
A) Turn bed-bound clients at least every 2 hours. B) Get older clients up and walking as soon as possible after surgery. C) Teach older clients to not elevate their legs when sitting. D) Urge older clients at risk for DVT to wear fitted support stockings.
Which types of drugs are used to treat inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)? (Select all that apply.)
a. Aminosalicylates b. Glucocorticoids c. Immunomodulators d. Opioid antidiarrheals e. Sulfonamide antibiotics
The nurse is noticing an increasing afterload in a patient in the ICU. How does the increasing afterload affect cardiac output?
1. If afterload is high, cardiac output will be deceased due to high systemic vascular resistance. 2. If afterload is high, cardiac output will be increased due to the increased volume in the heart. 3. If afterload is high, cardiac output will be deceased due to decreased contractility. 4. If afterload is high, cardiac output will be increased because the heart rate increases during afterload.