An elderly client is admitted to a health care facility for the treatment of frequent seizures. What should the nurse use when attending to the personal hygiene of a client with seizures?
A) Bed bath
B) Tub bath
C) Shower
D) Bag bath
D
Feedback:
The nurse should give the client a bag bath because it will save time, which is important since seizures could occur at any time. A bag bath involves the use of a commercially packaged kit with 8 to 10 premoistened, disposable cloths in a plastic bag or container and is another form of a bed bath. The nurse should not give a bed bath as it takes longer than the bag bath and requires assistance from the client. A shower would be a safety risk due to the client's risk of seizures. A tub bath is not recommended as it can be dangerous for a client with seizures to be left alone in the bathroom.
You might also like to view...
A demand management system is a better predictor of staff than patient classification systems. The demand management system focuses on:
1. Immediate client needs. 2. Historical data of expected client outcomes. 3. Allocation of staff throughout the organization. 4. Nursing care hours.
A newborn is jaundiced and is receiving phototherapy. An appropriate nursing intervention when caring for an infant with hyperbilirubinemia and receiving phototherapy is to:
1. apply an oil-based lotion to the newborn's skin to prevent dying and cracking. 2. limit the newborn's intake of milk to prevent nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. 3. place eye shields over the newborn's closed eyes. 4. change the newborn's position every 4 hours.
A laboring patient tells the nurse that she needs to have a bowel movement. The nurse recognizes that the woman is most likely in which stage of labor?
a. Active first stage b. Second stage c. Third stage d. Fourth stage
Select the statement that best describes the involvement of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system in the movement of feces.
A. Stimulation of the cholinergic fibers that innervate the intestines increases intestinal motility, whereas stimulation of the adrenergic fibers decreases motility. B. Stimulation of either the cholinergic fibers or the adrenergic fibers that innervate the intestines decreases intestinal motility. C. Stimulation of the adrenergic fibers that innervate the intestines increases intestinal motility, whereas stimulation of the cholinergic fibers decreases motility. D. Stimulation of either the cholinergic fibers or the adrenergic fibers that innervate the intestines increases intestinal motility.