A patient's feet appear to be edematous, so the nurse first
1. Charts, Patient's feet appear to be swollen.
2. Percusses the tissue that appears edematous.
3. Applies pressure over a bony prominence of the foot for 2 seconds.
4. Elevates the patient's feet on a pillow to decrease swelling.
Question 2
A stable male patient, who was just admitted for left-lower-lobe pneumonia, tells the nurse that his cough is nonproductive. When assessing the patient's breath sounds, the nurse suspects consolidation when, over the left lower lobe, she detects
1. Rales.
2. Absent breath sounds.
3. Stridor.
4. Rhonchi.
Proper placement and monitoring of an automatic blood pressure cuff will reduce the risk of injury o
Fundus of white pateint and black patient
A medical assistant listening to the patient and physician discuss the patient's care.
Example of a patient’s ledger in practice management software.
Patient Teaching Methods Cont.
ROM exercises on a patient’s wrist: extension.