When their grandmother was admitted to a long-term residential care facility, the family was assured by the admitting nurse that care, in keeping with the concepts of long-term care, would be based on:
1. how much the resident can do for herself.
2. emphasis on maintenance care for incontinence.
3. successful adaptation to the regulations of the home.
4. maintenance of as much function as possible.
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Maintenance of function and encouraging autonomy and independence are some of the basic concepts of long-term care.
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Children with severe combined immune deficiency (SCID) often receive blood products. Any blood products administered to children with SCID who have T-cell deficiencies should be irradiated and cytomegalovirus-negative because of the risk of:
1. Transfusion reaction from lymphocytes and platelets in the donor blood. 2. Infection and graft-versus-host disease from lymphocytes in the donor blood. 3. Transfusion reaction and infection from lymphocytes in the donor blood. 4. Infection and graft-versus-host disease from erythrocytes in the donor blood.
When changing the dressing on a partial-thickness wound, a nurse observes small, pale pink bumps within the wound bed. Which action by the nurse is best?
a. Remove the bumps with a sterile scalpel. b. Document and continue the current treat-ment. c. Clean the wound vigorously to remove the bumps. d. Culture the wound and place the client in isolation.
The nurse is planning care for a preterm newborn. Which nursing diagnosis has the highest priority?
1. Tissue Integrity, Impaired 2. Infection, Risk for 3. Gas Exchange, Impaired 4. Family Processes, Dysfunctional
Convert 1,560 mL to ounces: ________ (use appropriate unit notation).
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).