Good Samaritan laws encourage health care providers to render assistance in accidents because these laws ____________________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
limit liability and offer legal immunity if a nurse helps at the scene of an accident
A nurse can also assist a minor in an emergency situation or at a sports event before obtaining the consent of a parent. Nurses, however, must only provide care that is consistent with their level of expertise.
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During an assessment of an 82-year-old woman, a gerontological nurse learns that the woman has lost over 4 inches in height over the last several years. Which of the following factors have likely contributed to this phenomenon? Select all that apply
A) The woman's overall proportion of body water has decreased. B) The client has experienced a loss of cartilage. C) The woman's thyroid hormone levels have declined since the sixth decade. D) The client's vertebrae have thinned. E) Loss of stature is a consequence of the woman's diet. F) The woman's long bones have decreased in length.
Your assessment of a client receiving oxytocin for labor reveals that the client is experiencing hyperstimulation. What actions should you take? (Select all that apply.)
a. Turn off the oxytocin b. Have the client lay on her left side c. Place the client in a Fowler's position d. Increase the oxytocin drip e. Administer oxygen f. Notify the physician
A new mother tells the nurse that she had no opportunity before her delivery to use the ointment given her that morning in clinic for pruritus and a thick, curdlike vaginal discharge. The patient's baby should be observed for
A. ophthalmia neonatorum. B. jaundice. C. thrush. D. conjunctivitis.
Of the following, the food choice that contains the least sodium is
a. cornbread. b. corn tortilla. c. corn on the cob. d. buttered popcorn.