A nurse on a medical-surgical unit asks a licensed practical nurse (LPN) to help with nutritional assessments for newly admitted patients. What part of the nutritional assessment can be delegated to the LPN? Select all that apply.
a. Height and weight
b. Intake and output
c. Nutritional history
d. Interpreting laboratory findings
e. Body fat measurement
Question 2
While performing a physical assessment, the student nurse tells her instructor that she cannot palpate her patient's bladder. Which statement by the instructor is best?
a. Try to palpate it again; it takes practice but you will locate it.
b. Palpate the patient's bladder only when it is distended by urine.
c. Document this abnormal finding on the patient's chart.
d. Immediately notify the nurse assigned to the care of your patient.
Components of nail unit
Medical assistants are often involved in confidential conversations between the physician and the pa
Headsets are ergonomically correct and allow the medical assistant or receptionist to use both hands
Medical Terms and Corresponding Synonyms
Surgical Gloving
How prefixes and suffixes can be combined with a word root to form many medical terms.