The nurse is visiting a patient who lives in a single-room occupancy hotel.The patient requires wound care and medication management.There is no running water in the room,and the bathroom down the hall is in disrepair and filthy.The patient's room is not clean.What supplies would be essential for the nurse to bring with him when visiting this client?
A) All wound care supplies needed for the duration of the care B) Reclosable plastic bags for disposal of old dressings C) Small, biohazard sharps container to be left in the room D) Waterless, antibacterial hand sanitizer solution
When a 5-year-old diagnosed with ADHD bounces out of a chair and runs over and slaps another child, what is the nurse's best action?
A) Instruct the parents to take the aggressive child home. B) Direct the aggressive child to stop immediately. C) Call for emergency assistance from other staff. D) Take the aggressive child to another room.
The primary purpose of the bimanual examination is to assess the size, shape, lie, location, mobility, and tenderness of which of the following? (Select all that apply.)
A) Urethral meatus B) Uterus C) Perineum D) Ovaries E) Cervix
A patient who is taking prescribed lithium carbonate is exhibiting signs of diarrhea, blurred vision, frequent urination, and an unsteady gait. Which serum lithium level would the nurse expect for this patient?
A) 0 to 0.5 mEq/L B) 0.6 to 0.9 mEq/L C) 1.0 to 1.4 mEq/L D) 1.5 or higher mEq/L
Having accepted the need to change the staff rotation system,the nurse manager collects data about alternate rotation plans,sends out surveys to staff members,and selects an optimum time to initiate the new rotation.The nurse manager is demonstrating which level in Lewin's change model?
A) Unfreezing B) Moving C) Refreezing D) Transformation
A registered nurse interprets that a scribbled medication order reads 25 mg.The nurse administers 25 mg of the medication to a patient,and then discovers that the dose was incorrectly interpreted and should have been 15 mg.Who is ultimately responsible for the error?
A) Physician. B) Pharmacist. C) Nurse. D) No fault.