Author Question: The patient with a right-sided paralysis from a stroke becomes frustrated when attempting to ... (Read 28 times)

asd123 · **on:** Jun 25, 2018

The patient with a right-sided paralysis from a stroke becomes frustrated when attempting to self-feed. He throws the spoon at the nurse and begins to cry. What nursing action(s) is/are most appropriate at this time? (Select all that apply.)

a. Retrieve the spoon and sit quietly for a few seconds.
b. Touch the patient and inquire if he would rather have a high-protein milkshake for his meal.
c. Remind the patient that such behavior is not acceptable.
d. Add an intervention to the NCP for in-creased support with self-feeding.
e. Complete an incident report.

Question 2

Techniques of testing for possible allergy include which of the following? (Select all that apply.)

a. The scratch test
b. Drinking diluted solution of antigen
c. Intradermal injection
d. Dropping solution in the eye
e. Adhesive patches

cloud · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 25, 2018

Answer to Question 1

A, B, C, D
Quietly retrieving the spoon, offering an alternative, reassuring the patient, and devoting new interventions related to the self-feeding deficit are appropriate nursing actions in this situation. Completing an incident report is not necessary unless the nurse or someone else was injured.

Answer to Question 2

A, B, C, E
Testing for allergy in the eye is no longer done. All other options will produce an inflammatory response from the application of the antigen.