Answer to Question 1
Ans: C
Feedback:
Urinary retention may result from doxapram administration, so the nurse should measure fluid intake and output and notify the primary health care provider if any problems occur. Analeptics do not cause impaired vision or tinnitus, nor do they cause tachycardia, so monitoring visual acuity, heart rate, and auditory function are not indicated.
Answer to Question 2
Ans: C
Feedback:
The nurse should instruct the client to keep a record of the number of times per day that periods of sleepiness occur and to bring this record to each visit to the primary health care provider or clinic. There is no need to avoid tea or coffee or to record weight. The client should be instructed not to take antidepressants for the duration of the dosage regimen.
When using an interpreter, the nurse should pose questions directly to the patient, not the interpre
Application of an ostomy bag or pouch: B, An ostomy nurse applying an ostomy bag to a stoma;
Nurse administering enteral nutrition through a feeding tube.
Measuring the client’s weight with a standard platform scale
Measuring the client’s blood pressure
Client positioned and draped