A young woman has been diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease and is meeting with the nurse for health education. In an effort to manage the patient's symptoms, the nurse should recommend:
A) A high-calorie, low-residue diet
B) A high-fiber, low-protein diet
C) Small, frequent meals throughout the day
D) A minced or pureed diet
A
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a. Overuse of diuretic agents c. Dry mucous mem-branes b. Poor cognitive function d. Fluid loss from vomiting
The health care provider ordered a 24-hour urine specimen to test the renal function of a patient admitted with acute renal failure. The nurse has prepared all the necessary equipment and has asked the patient if he or she needs to void
The nurse knows that the 24-hour collection period will begin: a. after the first voided specimen is discarded. b. with the first morning voided specimen. c. after the second voided specimen is collected. d. as soon as the necessary equipment arrives.
Student nurses are taught to look at all patients as infected or colonized with microorganisms without showing any signs or symptoms of infection
The student nurses are further taught to implement precautions in the delivery of patient care. This practice is referred to as the implementation of what? A) Universal Precautions B) Standard Precautions C) Transmission-Based Precautions D) Contact Precautions
A nurse researcher should be concerned about an instrument's degree of internal consistency because it means what?
a. The instrument is appropriate to use to measure a single concept. b. The instrument has low measurement error and high error variance. c. More refinement of the instrument is needed before it can be applied. d. The instrument is valid, but the reliability has yet to be determined.