Basic Care and Comfort

A nurse is providing teaching to a client who has a history of pancreatitis. Which of the following food choices should the nurse instruct the client to avoid. Noodles vegetable soup baked fish cheddar

Cheddar Cheese

A nurse is preparing to administer a cleansing enema to a client. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

Hold the container of solution 30 cm (12 in) above the anus

A nurse is providing dietary teaching for a client who has a burn injury and adheres to a vegan diet. The nurse should recomend which of the following foods as the best source of protein to promote would healing?

One cup of lentils

A nurse is caring for a client who is to receive mechanically altered diet. Which of the following client food choices necessitates intervention by the nurse?

Piece of wheat toast

A nurse is providing discharge teaching to a client who has a fracture of the right tibia and a fiberglass cast. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the teaching?

Report any worsening or unrelieved pain

A nurse is assessing a client who is in skeletal traction. The nurse should correct which of the following findings?

The weights are rested against the foot of the bed.

A nurse is providing discharge teaching to a client who has a Plaster of Paris walking cast on his left lower leg. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?

report any numbness or pain in your toes.

A nurse is caring for a client who has bilateral eye patches in place following an injury. When the client's food tray arrives, which of the follow interventions should the nurse take to promote independence in eating?

Describe to the client the location of the food on the tray

A nurse is in a long-term care facility os caring for an older adult client who has dementia and begins to have frequent episodes of urinary incontinence. After the provider determines no medical cause for the client's incontinence, which of the following interventions should the nurse initiate to manage this behavior?

Take the client to the bathroom every 2 hrs

A nurse is caring for a client who is immobile. Which of the following actions is the priority for the nurse to include in the client's plan of care?

auscultate breath sounds at least every 2 hours