Author Question: A student nurse would properly contact and advise the supervisory staff nurse if 1. A patient ... (Read 18 times)

vinney12 · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

A student nurse would properly contact and advise the supervisory staff nurse if

1. A patient demands to be moved to a different room but will not say why.
2. A physically larger patient for whom the student nurse is providing ambulation therapy has trouble getting back into bed and the student is unable to get him into bed herself.
3. A patient seems to be trying to communicate something urgent but cannot do so because of a language barrier.
4. A patient's condition seems worse than at the staff nurse's last assessment.

Question 2

A nurse assessing a patient's oral health must assess which of the following as an immediate safety hazard?

1. The color of the mucous membranes
2. The ability to swallow
3. The presence of ulcerations or lesions in the mouth
4. The presence of bleeding in the mouth