174 Best Nursing Questions and Answers (Q&A) - ProProfs Discuss

Which nursing action would be most effective in helping this client understand wound care instructions?

John Smith
Answered: Apr 25, 2024

Demostrate the procedure to the client and have the client return the demonstration.

Demonstration by the nurse with a return demonstration by the client ensures that the client can...Read More

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Which functions must be frequently assessed for a patient with leukemia has neutropenia?

John Smith
Answered: Apr 25, 2024

Breath sounds

Pneumonia, both viral and fungal, is a common cause of death in clients with neutropenia, so frequent assessment of respiratory rate and breath sounds is required. Although...Read More

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What should be considered when filling up an incident report?

John Smith
Answered: Apr 25, 2024

Do not admit liability or give unnecessary details List date, time, and care is given to the patient and the name of the Physician notified. When charting the incident in the patient s nursing...Read More

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What kind of practices could lead to malpractice?

John Smith
Answered: Apr 25, 2024

Charting interventions in advance to save time
Documenting incorrect data
Not charting the correct time when events took place
Not recording verbal orders or not having them signed....Read More

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What happens after the patient's problem is resolved in charting by exception?

John Smith
Answered: Apr 25, 2024

It is no longer covered by daily documentation

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Where should the nurse assistant first positions the AFO when she applies an ankle foot orthosis (AFO) on a resident?

Asisten.org
Answered: Apr 25, 2024

On the inside of the resident s shoe.

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What steps should the nurse take first if a patient has a large puddle of blood under his buttocks, after undergoing cardiac catheterization?

Perez D.Scarlett
Answered: May 03, 2018

A catheter is put into your body through a puncture site in your groin or arm. When there is bleeding at the site, it may drip or collect in a lump under the skin. In the emergency department,...Read More

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What should a nurse interpret from a client with inflammatory bowel disease who undergoes an ileostomy if, on the first day after surgery, the client's stoma appears dusky?

H.Jennifer
Answered: Apr 23, 2018

An ileostomy is a surgical procedure which usually involves removing the whole of the large intestine or colon and sometimes the rectum. The end of the remaining small intestine or ileum, is then...Read More

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Which finding is usually associated with a diagnosis of myasthenia gravis?

John Smith
Answered: Apr 25, 2024

Progressive weakness that is worse at the day’s end

The client with myasthenia develops progressive weakness that worsens during the day. Visual disturbances, including diplopia is...Read More

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What is stethoscope with a bell and diaphragm is true?

John Smith
Answered: Apr 25, 2024

The diaphragm detects high-pitched sounds best

The diaphragm of a stethoscope detects high-pitched sound best; the bell detects low pitched sounds best. Palpation detects thrills best.

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Which rhythm or rhythms would require a transcutaneous pacemaker?

L. Hawkes, Teacher
Answered: Jan 04, 2019

Artificial cardiac pacemakers are surgically put into a patient who is having heart problems. The pacemakers produce an impulse to the heart to get it beating at the right pace. There are...Read More

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What is the primary goal of family-centered nursing?

John Smith
Answered: Apr 25, 2024

Provide support and care for the family and its individual members

The goal of family-centered nursing care is to promote, support, and provide for the well-being and health of the family...Read More

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What is the main thing that you have to keep in mind when working with people that are disabled?

Y. Dawne, Content Blogger
Answered: Feb 07, 2019

In working with all people, it is important to promote independence. While they may have some limitations, such as not being physically able to walk or feed their selves this does not mean that a...Read More

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What would be the best nursing response to the mother?

RN pedia
Answered: Apr 25, 2024

You and I need to review your rationale for this decision”

The mother may have many reasons for such a decision. It is the nurses responsibility to review this decision with...Read More

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Can you state one characteristic that is not possessed by any profession?

L. Sevigny, Doctor
Answered: Oct 09, 2018

No matter what people’s professions are, they still have to follow the rules, laws, and regulations that are set by the government and the state. Some companies who hire people beyond the...Read More

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