When the nurse positions the postoperative client for comfort and teaches her how to splint her abdominal incision for deep breathing and coughing, the nurse is addressing the nursing process component of:
a. assessment.
b. planning.
c. implementation.
d. diagnosis.
Question 2
Which of the following is a therapeutic intervention that the nurse would perform to resolve or prevent a client problem?
a. Taking the client's blood pressure
b. Weighing the client daily
c. Turning the client every 2 hours
d. Inspecting the incision site every shift
The nurse assesses the patient's ability to use the walker correctly
A nurse communicates with her non–English-speaking patient through an interpreter
Examples of interventions for physical comfort
Nurse palpating the patient's brachial artery
Examples of the most common X-ray positions and the images they produce.
Testing client’s ability to identify sharp sensations