LPN 1001 Basic Physical Care LWW

Basic Physical Care LWW A client hospitalized with pneumonia has thick, tenacious secretions. To help liquefy these secretions, the nurse should: Correct response: • encourage increased fluid intake. A client must undergo right thoracotomy for lung cancer. Which member of the health care team is responsible for obtaining informed consent from this client? Correct response: • Physician The nurse is aware that Standard Precautions represent the first tier of Centers for Disease Control guidelines for isolation precautions. Which is the nurse's primary responsibility when following Standard Precautions? Correct response: • Consider all body substances potentially infectious. A client suddenly loses consciousness. What should the nurse do first? Correct response: • Assess for responsiveness. The nurse is caring for a client who required chest tube insertion for a pneumothorax. To assess a client for pneumothorax resolution after the procedure, the nurse can anticipate that he'll require: