To decrease the risk for falls, the nurse holds frequent in-services to ensure that staff has competent skills for:
a. bathing.
b. feeding.
c. transferring.
d. ambulating.
C
The majority of patient falls occur during transfer.
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When providing care to the prenatal patient, the nurse understands that pica is defined as
a. Intolerance of milk products b. Iron deficiency anemia c. Ingestion of nonfood substances d. Episodes of anorexia and vomiting
Which symptoms are expected in orchitis? (Select all that apply.)
a. Scrotal pain b. Dysuria c. Scrotal edema d. Priapism e. Penile discharge f. Inability to ejaculate
Asians may perceive illness as disharmony with other forces and conclude that medicine is only able to relieve the symptoms rather than cure the disease. They may look to naturalistic solutions and acupuncture to resolve or cure health problems
a. Communication b. Space c. Social organization d. Environmental control
A child has been diagnosed with otitis media with effusion (OME), and the child's parent asks the nurse what this means. The nurse will explain that OME is:
a. a condition with a heightened risk of acute otitis media. b. an acute ear infection with fluid in the middle ear. c. an infection of the skin and tissues of the outer ear. d. fluid in the middle ear without localized or systemic infection.