When a patient is dying, the family should
A) be allowed to spend as much time with the patient as they desire.
B) not be allowed in the room often, so that the patient can rest.
C) provide all of the patient's care.
D) be kept away from the patient as much as possible because dying is upsetting.
Question 2
A nursing assistant who reads the abbreviation NPO on a patient's chart knows that the patient
A) has no known allergies.
B) should receive nothing by mouth.
C) is experiencing nausea and vomiting.
D) must not bear weight on one leg.
Taking a Patient’s Temperature with a Tympanic Thermometer
Nurse palpating the patient's brachial artery
Example of a patient’s ledger in practice management software.
ROM exercises on a patient’s wrist: ulnar deviation.
Cyanosis as shown here at the patient’s fingertips results from a lack of oxygen in the tissues
Denture sore mouth in a patient who never removed partial dentures at night.