HURST WEEK 8
The nurse is planning care for four clients with different medical issues. With which diagnosis would a client benefit most from an integrative medicine healthcare strategy?
1. Chronic fatigue syndrome who has had no relief of fatigue.
An elderly client has been admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of cerebral vascular accident (CVA) with right-sided paralysis. When the nurse instructs staff to reposition client every two hours, the family asks about the purpose of this action. What is the best explanation by the nurse?
2. Decreases potential skin breakdown from immobility.
When the surgical transport team arrives to take a client to the operating room, the client is sitting in a chair in the room. What is the best way for the nurse to get the client onto the transport litter?
2. Have client return to bed and utilize slide board to transfer to litter.
A nurse is assessing a client with abdominal surgery 24 hours postop. Which assessment finding would require an immediate intervention?
4. A bulb-shaped Jackson-Pratt (JP) drain with 25 mL of sanguineous drainage.
The client who is scheduled for a cholecystectomy asks the nurse about her opinion on the surgeon who is going to perform the surgery. The nurse says to the client, "You should get a second opinion because your surgeon has been involved in several client lawsuits." Because the surgeon has not been involved in any client lawsuits, the nurse has initiated which tort?
Slander