A patient who emigrated from India is admitted to the medical step-down unit with a bowel obstruction. A nasogastric (NG) tube is inserted to decompress her stomach.
She asks the nurse whether her daughter can bring in garlic to administer through her NG tube. The nurse tells the patient that she will ask the physician when she makes rounds. This nurse is using the theory developed by which nurse theorist?
a. Betty Neuman
b. Dorothea Orem
c. Callista Roy
d. Madeline Leininger
Question 2
The nurse reviews a nursing order for a patient who is 4 days post-operative after hip surgery. It reads: Assist patient in bathing each morning.
The nurse assesses the patient and notes that the patient is independent in bathing. What should the nurse do next?
a. Assist with the bath as ordered
b. Delegate the bath to the nursing assistant
c. Discontinue the nursing order on the plan of care
d. Collaborate with the nurse who originally wrote the order
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