Author Question: A patient has just had a liver biopsy. What should the nurse do immediately following this ... (Read 59 times)

joe · **on:** Jul 11, 2018

A patient has just had a liver biopsy. What should the nurse do immediately following this procedure?

a. Assist the patient up to a chair
b. Keep the patient on his or her left side
c. Assist the patient with ambulation
d. Tell the patient to avoid coughing

Question 2

When treating an infant choking on a foreign body, the nurse should use a combination of ______ _________ and chest thrusts.

ANS:

kaykay69 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 11, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: D
The nurse should tell the patient to avoid coughing or straining, which may cause increased intra-abdominal pressure. Immediately following a liver biopsy, the patient is kept on bed rest for 24 hours. The patient should lie on his or her right side for about 1 to 2 hours.

Answer to Question 2

back blows

If the nurse is assisting a child who has aspirated a foreign body, the nurse may treat the child in a manner similar to the adult with performance of abdominal thrusts. However, there is a potential for injury if the nurse uses this maneuver in the infant. The nurse should use a combination of back blows and chest thrusts with an infant.