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The most important nursing intervention to correct skin dryness is:
A. Avoid bathing the patient until the condition is remedied, and
notify the physician
B. Ask the physician to refer the patient to a dermatologist, and
suggest that the patient wear home-laundered sleepwear
C. Consult the dietitian about increasing the patient's fat intake,
and take necessary measures to prevent infection
D. Encourage the patient to increase his fluid intake, use non-
irritating soap when bathing the patient, and apply lotion to the
involved areas -
correct answer ✅d
When bathing a patient's extremities, the nurse should use long,
firm strokes from the distal to the proximal areas. This technique:
A. Provides an opportunity for skin assessment
B. Avoids undue strain on the nurse
C. Increases venous blood return
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D. Causes vasoconstriction and increases circulation -
correct answer ✅c
Vivid dreaming occurs in which stage of sleep?
A. Stage I non-REM
B. Rapid eye movement (REM) stage
C. Stage II non-REM
D. Delta stage -
correct answer ✅b
The natural sedative in meat and milk products (especially warm
milk) that can help induce sleep is:
A. Flurazepam
B. Temazepam
C. Tryptophan
D. Methotrimeprazine -
correct answer ✅c
,Intro to Clinical Nursing Multiple Choice
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Nursing interventions that can help the patient to relax and sleep
restfully include all of the following except:
A. Have the patient take a 30- to 60-minute nap in the afternoon
B. Turn on the television in the patient's room
C. Provide quiet music and interesting reading material
D. Massage the patient's back with long strokes -
correct answer ✅a
Restraints can be used for all of the following purposes except to:
A. Prevent a confused patient from removing tubes, such as feeding
tubes, I.V. lines, and urinary catheters
B. Prevent a patient from falling out of bed or a chair
C. Discourage a patient from attempting to ambulate alone when
he requires assistance for his safety
D. Prevent a patient from becoming confused or disoriented -
correct answer ✅d
, Intro to Clinical Nursing Multiple Choice
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Which of the following is the nurse's legal responsibility when
applying restraints?
A. Document the patient's behavior
B. Document the type of restraint used
C. Obtain a written order from the physician except in an
emergency, when the patient must be protected from injury to
himself or others
D. All of the above -
correct answer ✅d
Kubler-Ross's five successive stages of death and dying are:
A. Anger, bargaining, denial, depression, acceptance
B. Denial, anger, depression, bargaining, acceptance
C. Denial, anger, bargaining, depression acceptance
D. Bargaining, denial, anger, depression, acceptance -
correct answer ✅c