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ashley

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on: Jul 22, 2018
A client's dietary prescription states, NPO, which means that the client may:
 
  a. be preparing for surgery or another procedure
  b. have no food or fluid by mouth
  c. have only clear liquids
  d. require an orogastric tube in order to receive nutrition via the gastrointestinal tract

Question 2

A nurse must follow legal laws that protect public health, safety, and welfare. Which law is the nurse following?
 
  a. Code of Ethics
  b. Nurse Practice Act
  c. Standards of practice
  d. Quality and safety education for nurses


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Reply #1 on: Jul 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B
Nothing by mouth (NPO) requires that a client have no food or fluid by mouth during the prescribed time frame.

Answer to Question 2

B
In the United States each State Board of Nursing oversees its Nurse Practice Act (NPA), which regulates the scope of nursing practice for the state and protects public health, safety, and welfare. The ANA's Code of Ethics for Nurses: Interpretation and Application (2010) provides a guide (not a law) for carrying out nursing responsibilities to ensure high-quality nursing care and provide for the ethical obligations of the profession. The purpose of a standard of care is to describe the common level of professional nursing care to judge the quality of nursing practice. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation sponsored the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) initiative to respond to reports about safety and quality patient care by the Institute of Medicine.


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