The nurse is working on a hospital committee tasked with reducing environmental distractions to sleep within the hospital. Which recommendations by the committee would be helpful? Select all that apply
1. Turn off all overhead lights on the unit and use nightlights and flashlights.
2. Establish a time at which radios and televisions should be turned off or down.
3. Discontinue use of the paging system after 2100.
4. Conduct nursing reports in the hallway.
5. Open curtains between beds in semiprivate rooms.
2; 3
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a. Call the diet kitchen to order grapefruit juice with the patient's breakfast tray. b. Ask the patient if he would like to have grapefruit juice added to his dinner tray. c. Instruct the patient to drink at least 8 ounces of water with each glass of grapefruit juice. d. Teach the patient to avoid grapefruit juice because it can increase the effects of these drugs.
What knowledge is gained by nursing students who study nursing's early leaders?
A) An understanding of the evolution of advanced nursing practice B) An inspiration for their own role in shaping the course of nursing C) A litany of names of early educators D) A comparison of nursing and medical advances
A patient who has recently been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus will require insulin therapy. The patient states, "I guess I will have to give up the half bottle of wine I drink at dinner." Which information should the nurse provide?
1. "Wine is not permitted on your diet." 2. "You can drink as much wine as you would like but avoid hard liquor." 3. "Limit your wine to a time when you are eating a complete meal." 4. "Limit your wine to one glass a day." 5. "Milk is a better choice for you so substitute it for wine."
The nurse has arrived at the scene of a natural disaster and is assigned to care for four patients. To which patient should the nurse provide care first?
a. Patient with a closed head injury with no changes in level of consciousness b. Patient with a 3-cm laceration to the forearm c. Patient who is breathing eight times per minute d. Patient with a displaced wrist fracture