Author Question: A student is providing care for a resident in a long-term care facility who must be moved via ... (Read 36 times)

ssal · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

A student is providing care for a resident in a long-term care facility who must be moved via geriatric chair and requires assistance with feeding.

The student has just finished giving the resident a bed bath, and it is currently nearing time for the midday meal. The student's best action is to

1. Leave the resident in the bed and feed the resident in the room.
2. Obtain assistance to transfer the resident to the geriatric chair and into the dining area to be fed.
3. Obtain assistance to transfer the resident to the geriatric chair and feed the resident in the room.
4. Ask the resident's roommate what the resident usually does at mealtime.

Question 2

Before placing antiembolism stockings on a patient for the first time, a nurse should

1. Obtain baseline vital signs.
2. Have the patient lie supine for 15 minutes.
3. Ask the patient to sit at the side of the bed.
4. Instruct the patient to apply lotion to his or her legs.