When preparing the patient for a glucose tolerance test (GTT), the nurse should:
a. restrict water intake before the test.
b. encourage water intake before the test.
c. keep patient NPO 4 hours before the test.
d. instruct patient to have a full bladder for the test.
Question 2
The nurse is assisting a patient to a sitting position when the patient suddenly complains of feeling that his surgical incision has separated. The nurse recognizes this as an indication of:
a. cellulitis.
b. dehiscence.
c. evisceration.
d. extravasation.
Critical thinking involves analysis in which the nurse examines patient data available from a variet
A, A nurse is adding a medication to an IV line as a piggyback
The patient is placed between the X-ray tube, which emits a cone-shaped X-ray beam, and the film or ...
A pacemaker in a patient’s chest.
Gingival enlargement in a patient taking nifedipine.
Medical Gymnasts Assist Patient in Performing Movements, 1909.