The Nurse Is Preparing to Implement Plans of Care with Several

question 34

Multiple Choice

The nurse is preparing to implement plans of care with several clients. Which action would be inappropriate for the nurse to perform?

• A) Ask the English-as-a-Second-Language (ESOL) client to state in his or her own words what it means to be NPO.
• B) Seek input from the family of how the client with aphasia normally communicates at home.
• C) Respond to the postoperative client's question that baths are given only in the morning.
• D) Request that family members provide ethnic/cultural foods of the African client's liking.

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Definitions:

Shock

Shock is a critical condition brought on by the sudden drop in blood flow through the body, leading to failure of the circulatory system to maintain adequate blood flow, often resulting in damage to multiple organs.

Childbirth

The process by which a baby is born, involving contractions of the uterus to deliver the baby through the vagina into the outside world.

Regulation of Body Temperature

The physiological process that maintains the body temperature within a certain range, despite environmental changes.

Endotherms

Organisms that regulate their body temperature internally through metabolic processes.