The Nurse Is Intervening for an Identified Nursing Diagnosis of Risk

question 19

Multiple Choice

The nurse is intervening for an identified nursing diagnosis of Risk for infection.Which direct care nursing intervention is most appropriate?

• A) Teaching the family proper handwashing technique
• B) Leaving side rails up at all times
• C) Teaching the patient how to use crutches
• D) Counseling the family on stress reduction techniques

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Definitions:

Landsteiner

Karl Landsteiner was an Austrian biologist and physician, best known for discovering the ABO blood group system in 1901.

Heterozygous Dihybrid

An individual possessing two different alleles for two traits, resulting from the cross of parents differing in two specific traits.

Genotype

The genetic constitution of an organism, determining specific characteristics by encoding instructions for proteins.

AaMm

Represents a genotype consisting of two different alleles, Aa, for one trait and two different alleles, Mm, for another trait, indicating a hybrid individual.