A nurse is preparing a client to undergo cardiac catheterization. What specific assessment should the nurse make before the procedure?
A. Ascertain if the client will require sedation.
B. Ascertain if the client is able to roll side to side.
C. Ascertain if the client has a history of diabetes mellitus.
D. Ascertain if the client has allergies to iodine-containing substances.
D
Before the procedure, the nurse should ascertain if the client has an allergy to iodine-containing preparations, such as seafood or local anesthetics. The contrast medium used during the proce-dure is iodine-based.
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a. Is the client married? b. Is the client's pain relieved? c. Has anyone visited the client? d. Does the client rest between contractions? e. Has the client's labor pattern become effec-tive? f. Are signs of infection present?
The client who requires long-term intravenous therapy and will be having a central VAD inserted asks the nurse what the differences are between a tunneled and a nontunneled central VAD. What is the nurse's best response?
A. "Tunneled VADs can remain in place longer and have a lower risk for infection than nontunneled VADs." B. "Nontunneled VADs protrude through the skin surface and tunneled VADs are totally implanted beneath the skin surface." C. "Nontunneled VADs can only be inserted into peripheral blood vessels and tun-neled VADs are inserted into central blood vessels." D. "Tunneled VADs can be used for drawing blood samples, but blood cannot be drawn for laboratory analysis through a nontunneled VAD."
Which of the following interventions would be least effective in caring for a woman who is in the transition phase of labor?
A) Having the client breathe with contractions B) Providing one-to-one support C) Encouraging the woman to ambulate D) Urging her to focus on one contraction at a time
The way a researcher expresses the problem and the types of questions the researchers seek to answer are usually tied to the research tradition underlying the study (e.g., grounded theory, ethnography)
A) True B) False