A patient tells the nurse that his priest is coming to give him communion so he won't eat his breakfast until afterwards. This patient's religion is most likely
a. Protestant c. Orthodox Catholic
b. New Age Spiritualist d. Hindu
Question 2
During a previous home care patient visit, the nurse instructed the patient to obtain certain supplies for wound care and to create a specific area within the home for these supplies.
The nurse sees during the current visit that the patient did neither of these actions. Which of the following should the nurse do? a. Assume the patient is unable to follow directions and phone the physician
b. Ask the patient which part of the instructions they did not understand
c. Tell the patient that home care is canceled because the patient is resistant to instruction
d. Assess the patient for reasons why the in-structions were not carried out
Proper placement and monitoring of an automatic blood pressure cuff will reduce the risk of injury o
Calipers are used to measure the body fat on the triceps of a patient.
Patient with osteoarthritis.