A patient's feet appear to be edematous, so the nurse first
1. Charts, Patient's feet appear to be swollen.
2. Percusses the tissue that appears edematous.
3. Applies pressure over a bony prominence of the foot for 2 seconds.
4. Elevates the patient's feet on a pillow to decrease swelling.
Question 2
A stable male patient, who was just admitted for left-lower-lobe pneumonia, tells the nurse that his cough is nonproductive. When assessing the patient's breath sounds, the nurse suspects consolidation when, over the left lower lobe, she detects
1. Rales.
2. Absent breath sounds.
3. Stridor.
4. Rhonchi.
The nurse uses a noninvasive bladder ultrasound to measure the client’s bladder volume.
GI endoscopy. (a) Similar to other forms of GI endoscopy, laparoscopy involves the insertion of a sp
Medicinal leeches on a patient’s neck. Today leeches are sometimes used in microsurgery to prevent b
A therapist assisting an amputee patient to regain mobility and strength after amputation.
Examples of endocrine disorders. (C) A patient with congenital hypothyroidism.
Ex vivo and in vivo gene therapy for a patient with a liver disorder