Patient safety requires all health care workers to have the highest standard of hand hygiene
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The nurse is caring for a patient on a medical-surgical unit who has been experiencing fever of unknown origin. The prescriber has ordered a broad-spectrum antibiotic. Which intervention is the priority?
a. Administer the antibiotic immediately. b. Administer antipyretics as soon as possible. c. Obtain all cultures before the antibiotic is administered. d. Delay administration of the antibiotic until the culture results are available.
Which statement by a pregnant patient would indicate that additional teaching was necessary?
1. "Because of their birth relationship, fraternal twins are more similar to each other than if they had been born singly." 2. "Identical twins can be the same or different sex." 3. "Congenital abnormalities are more prevalent in identical twins." 4. "Identical twins occur more frequently than fraternal twins."
The nurse is caring for a severely disabled pregnant woman. The patient has not had any type of regular healthcare prior to this admission for preterm labor at 30 weeks. Which reason most likely contributed to the unplanned pregnancy in this patient?
1. This patient has difficulty getting up on an examination table. 2. The patient was not given contraceptive counseling. 3. The patient has difficulty getting transportation to a doctor’s office. 4. The patient was not given empathy by her physician.
Once an order has been transcribed to the MAR
A. the physician will verify the correctness of the order. B. the medication technician verifies the correctness of the order. C. the registered nurse verifies that the order is transcribed correctly. D. the medication can be given to the patient with no further actions.