A Newly Admitted Patient Has Several Orders the Physician Has

question 18

Multiple Choice

A newly admitted patient has several orders the physician has written. As manager of care, a graduate RN knows that three of the following tasks can be routinely delegated to a nursing assistant, but one of them must be reserved for the RN to complete. Which task must the RN complete?

• A) Reminding to use the incentive spirometer
• B) Irrigating of a urinary catheter
• C) Conducting fingerstick glucose tests
• D) Collecting data for intake and output

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Definitions:

Lose Weight

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Food Intake

The consumption of food and beverages as a means of nutrition and sustenance for the body.

Stimulus Generalization

The process by which a response conditioned to one stimulus is evoked by similar, but not identical, stimuli.

Higher-Order Conditioning

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