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madam-professor

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A nurse is preparing to discharge a patient from telemetry to allow the patient to take a shower. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
 
  1. Instruct the patient to keep the telemetry patches in place.
  2. Inform the patient not to apply lotion or powder on her chest after the shower.
  3. Notify the monitor technician that telemetry will be turned off.
  4. Ask the patient if she has a history of falls in the bathroom.

Question 2

A telemetry monitor technician notifies a nurse that the patient in room 223 has a poor tracing. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?
 
  1. Move the code cart closer to the patient's room.
  2. Go to the patient's room and check the patient's status.
  3. Instruct the technician to call a code.
  4. Report to the nursing station to view the tracing.


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aliotak

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Reply #1 on: Jul 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: 3

Answer to Question 2

ANS: 2


madam-professor

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Reply 2 on: Jul 22, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
:D TYSM

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