The nurse is to administer an iron injection to an adult. How should this be administered?
Subcutaneous in the arm
Intradermal in the forearm
Intramuscular in the deltoid
Z track intramuscular in the gluteal
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The nurse is to administer an iron injection to an adult. How should this be administered?
Subcutaneous in the arm
Intradermal in the forearm
Intramuscular in the deltoid
Z track intramuscular in the gluteal
The nurse is preparing to take vital sign in an alert client admitted to the hospital with dehydration secondary to vomiting and diarrhea. What is the best method used to assess the clients temperature?
Oral
Axillary
Radial
Heat sensitive tape
The nurse is orienting a new nurse to the unit and reviews source-oriented charting. Which statement by the nurse best describes source-oriented charting?
Is designed to streamline documentation
Separates the health record according to discipline
Organizes documentation around the patients problems
Highlights the patients concerns, problems, and strengths
The following is the most important purpose of documentation?except
To provide comfort
To Communication
To Reimbursement
To Quality assurance
Objective data might include
None of the above
Chest pain.
Complaint of dizziness.
An evaluation of blood pressure.
Non verbal massage is a mode of communication that include the following except
Touch
Tone & pitch of voice
Facial expression
Gesture
Independent nursing intervention commonly used for immobilized patients include all of the following except:
Weight bearing on a tilt table, total parenteral nutrition, and vitamin therapy
Active or passive ROM exercises, body repositioning, and activities of daily living (ADLs) as tolerated
Deep-breathing and coughing exercises with change of position every 2 hours
Diaphragmatic and abdominal breathing exercises and increased hydration
Development of an infection occurs in a cycle that depends on the presence of all the following elements except
A portal of exit, a mode of transmission, a susceptible host
Causative agent, a portal of entry
Source for pathogen growth
Health care worker
Changes that occur in musculoskeletal system due to immobility
Non of the above
decrease muscle endurance, strength and mass
Change in calcium metabolism with hyper calcium result in renal calculi
Alteration in calcium,fluid and electrolyte
At the end of the shift, the nurse realizes that she forgot to document a dressing change that she performed for a patient. Which action should the nurse take?
Make a late entry as an addition to the narrative notes.
Complete an occurrence report before leaving.
Do nothing; the next nurse will document it was done.
Write the note of the dressing change into an earlier note.
An instrument placed against a patients chest to hear both lung and heart sounds.
telescope
stethoscope
otoscope
sphygmomanometer
All the following are Patients responsibilities, except
Following hospital rules and regulations
Providing information
Complying with instructions
Give different kind of care
All the following are indicative physical signs of poor nutrition are all, except
Spongy, bleed easily, marginal redness, recession gums
Dental caries, mottled appearance (fluorosis), malpositioned
Brittle, depigmented, easily plucked; thin and sparse hair
Tongue - deep red in appearance; surface papillae present
All the flowing are essential standard precautions used in the care of all patients irrespective of whether they are diagnosed infectious or not, except one
Aseptic techniques
Hand hygiene
Improper sharps and waste disposal
Personal protective equipment
According to Maslows hierarchy of human needs, the highest level is
Self-actualization
Physiologic needs
Safety and security
Belongingness and affection and esteem and self-respect
A patient asks you what vitamin is best for eye sight. Your response is
Vitamin B12
Vitamin C
Vitamin A
Vitamin B6
A client has been admitted to a nursing home, and the nurse completes an assessment. Which finding might lead the nurse to suspect a nutritional alteration?
Moist conjunctiva
Eye clear
Shiny hair
Ridged nails
Egg cartons from USDA-inspected plants must display a date.
use-by
expiration
Julian
sell-by
Each gram of fat contains kcal.
8
9
7
6
drying is the most used method for producing milk powders.
Wet
Heat
Spray
Air