A patient's nausea might benefit from what nursing intervention?
1. Keeping the patient NPO
2. Providing small meals and keeping the stomach full
3. Putting a cold towel around the throat
4. Providing ice chips to hold in the mouth
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The patient may be unable to eat anything at times but may find holding ice chips in the mouth to be helpful.
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
The community health nurse is teaching a group of adults about crisis experienced by various populations. Which statement by one of the group members indicates that the nurse's teaching has been effective?
1. "A good example of an adventitious crisis is a complicated divorce." 2. "I will be aware that maturational crisis may occur more frequently among my older adult patients." 3. "Patients with chronic illness are at greater risk for situational crisis than individuals without chronic illness." 4. "Adventitious crisis may occur in patients who have miscarried during pregnancy or have delivered a preterm infant."
A PICC is inserted directly into a large central vein
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which intervention is appropriate to use for patients with either delirium or dementia?
a. Speak in a loud, firm voice. b. Touch the patient before speaking. c. Reintroduce the health care worker at each contact. d. When the patient becomes aggressive, use physical restraint instead of medication.