After eye surgery, a client is alert and oriented and has eye patches over both eyes. Select the action by the nurse that would have the highest priority in preventing injury to this client.
a. Keep the client restrained to prevent him from falling out of bed.
b. Walk the client around the room so he knows where the obstacles are located.
c. Make sure the bed is in the low position with the side rails down so that the client can exit the bed more easily.
d. Show the client how to use the call bell signal and place it within easy reach.
In attempting to decide whether to go on strike, nurses are often concerned about the well-being of the clients in the hospital. What legal requirement helps alleviate this concern?
a. Hospitals are permitted to hire unlicensed personnel to substitute for the striking RNs.
b. Enough RNs are required to stay and work on the floors to maintain safe levels of care.
c. A 10-day notice must be given to the hos-pital before a strike takes place.
d. LPNs are permitted to function as RNs in strike situations.
Which question should the new graduate anticipate being asked during a job interview?
a. What would make you more desirable as an employee than the other applicants for this job?
b. Do you attend church regularly, and what church do you go to?
c. Are you planning to become pregnant in the near future?
d. Are you married to the person you are presently living with?
A LPN who has been assigned four clients asks the charge nurse which client should be assessed first after report. Which client should the charge nurse suggest be assessed first?
a. A 56-year-old man with type I diabetes with 4 p.m. blood sugar of 92
b. A 77-year-old man with congestive heart failure (CHF) who has a potassium level of 3.1
c. A 24-year-old woman with pyelonephritis and a fever of 101.1F
d. A 38-year-old man with 22 deep par-tial-thickness burns of the legs and abdo-men.
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