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A nurse on a medical-surgical unit asks a licensed practical nurse (LPN) to help with nutritional assessments for newly admitted patients. What part of the nutritional assessment can be delegated to the LPN? Select all that apply.
 
  a. Height and weight
  b. Intake and output
  c. Nutritional history
  d. Interpreting laboratory findings
  e. Body fat measurement

Question 2

While performing a physical assessment, the student nurse tells her instructor that she cannot palpate her patient's bladder. Which statement by the instructor is best?
 
  a. Try to palpate it again; it takes practice but you will locate it.
  b. Palpate the patient's bladder only when it is distended by urine.
  c. Document this abnormal finding on the patient's chart.
  d. Immediately notify the nurse assigned to the care of your patient.



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: A, B, C

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B



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