Important nursing measures needed when feeding a hemiplegic ...

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Important nursing measures needed when feeding a hemiplegic patient include: (Select all that apply.)
 
  a. Mixing liquids and solid foods together
  b. Taking the patient's dentures out to prevent choking
  c. Checking the affected side of mouth for food accumulation
  d. Offering small bites of food
  e. Elevating the patient to no more than 30 degrees
  f. Adding a thickening agent to liquids

Question 2

The nurse is performing a focused assessment of a patient who has a complex cardiac history. The vital signs that the nurse obtains are as follows:
 
  Temperature 99.0F (37.2C); pulse 94 bpm; blood pressure 142/116 mm Hg; respiration 22 breaths per minute; SaO2 90 on room air. These findings should prompt the nurse to consider the possibility that this patient has:
  A) Decreased cardiac output
  B) Peripheral vascular disease (PVD)
  C) Angina pectoris
  D) An arrhythmia

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Answer to Question 1

C, D, F
Important nursing measures include avoiding foods that cause choking, checking the affected side of the mouth for accumulation of food and resultant poor hygiene, not mixing liquids and solid foods, and encouraging the patient to take small bites.

Answer to Question 2

A