When discussing multidrug-resistant organisms and their transmission, the nurse explains:
1. Failure to perform appropriate sterile technique is the leading cause of outbreaks.
2. Failure to perform appropriate hand hygiene is considered to be the leading cause of outbreaks.
3. Finishing all the prescription medication is considered to be the leading cause of outbreaks.
4. The first line of defense is antibiotic therapy.
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Rationale 1: Failure to maintain sterile technique is not the leading cause of outbreaks and transmission.
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An older client is admitted to the hospital with bronchitis. The client's family asks the nurse why the family member is so sick when others in the family are not affected in the same way. The nurse should teach the family that:
1. older clients have problems with adequate nutrition and are more susceptible to respiratory infections as a result. 2. the chest wall of the older client is more elastic, allowing a buildup of more secretions. 3. the older client has less cilia and a weaker cough that makes it difficult to get secretions out of the lungs. 4. the older client has much thinner secretions than does the young one.
The nurse is determining an older patient's ability to provide consent for a surgical procedure. Which criteria must be met?
1. Acknowledge reasonable treatment options available. 2. Verbalize the decision to undergo the surgical procedure. 3. Understand that antibiotics may be administered after the procedure. 4. Voice knowledge of the medications that will be utilized for anesthesia.
The nurse cautions family members that the final developmental stage is ego integrity. According to Erickson, if this stage is not attained, the older adult will:
1. have to repeat a previous stage. 2. experience despair. 3. be unable to advance past his or her present stage. 4. experience disappointment.
Wesley is a 34-year-old welder who has been admitted to the hospital with severe flank pain. His health care provider suspects that he has kidney stones
Which of the following tests would the nurse expect the health care provider to request to visualize renal calculi? A. Abdominal radiograph B. Intravenous pyelogram C. Endoscopy D. Urodynamic testing