You Ask Evelyn,a New UNP,to Check What Is Left in Mrs.N.'s

question 19

Multiple Choice

You ask Evelyn,a new UNP,to check what is left in Mrs.N.'s inhaler when Evelyn makes visits to Mrs.N.and also to check whether Mrs.N.is receiving any positive effect from the medication.Evelyn reports for 3 weeks that Mrs.N.is using the inhaler and that there is enough medication left in the device.The day of her last visit to Mrs.N.,Mrs.N.is admitted to the hospital in severe respiratory distress.When she is admitted,she tells the physician that she has not been using the inhaler for 4 weeks.Before assigning Evelyn to Mrs.N.'s care,the most appropriate action of the care coordinator would have been to:

• A) determine Evelyn's educational background and preparation for this role.
• B) ask Evelyn if she has worked with inhalers before and to describe what she knows about them.
• C) advise that if Evelyn has any questions about what to do with the inhaler, she should come to the coordinator.
• D) advise Evelyn that working the inhaler is not really complicated and that she should ask the patient how to check medication levels in the inhaler.

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Definitions:

Spinal Cord

The spinal cord is a long, thin, tubular structure made up of nervous tissue, which extends from the brainstem down the back, and acts as the main pathway for information connecting the brain and peripheral nervous system.

Optic Nerve

A nerve in the head responsible for carrying sight-related data from the retina to the brain.

Mandible

The lower jawbone, significant in the skeletal structure of the face, involved in chewing and forming the lower part of the skull.

Fractured

The condition of having a broken bone or a crack in a bone.