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newyorker26

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on: Jul 22, 2018
A client has been admitted to the health care facility for observation and will return home the same evening. The client has a gold ring, watch, reading glasses, and other personal belongings.
 
  What care should the nurse take with regard to these objects? A) Ask the client's relatives to take the belongings home.
  B) Keep the client's belongings secured in a locker.
  C) Allow the client to wear them unless moving out of the room.
  D) Hand over the belongings to the admitting department.

Question 2

A nurse is administering prescribed medication through an intestinal decompression tube to a client with a complete bowel obstruction. Which of the following is a feature of the tube used for intestinal decompression?
 
  A) The tube is situated in the stomach.
  B) The tube is weighted with tungsten.
  C) Two lumens are used for suctioning.
  D) Mercury-weighted tubes are used.


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cswans24

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Reply #1 on: Jul 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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The nurse should keep the client's belongings secured in a locker. This is what is normally done for clients who are not expected to stay longer than 24 hours in the health care facility. Relatives of clients who may stay for a longer time will be asked to take back the belongings. Health care facilities do not permit clients to wear ornaments or keep their belongings with them during their stay at the facility. The admitting department does not take responsibility for clients' belongings.

Answer to Question 2

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Intestinal tubes used in intestinal decompression are now weighted with tungsten, not with mercury, because mercury is hazardous to both the client and the environment. One lumen is used to suction the intestinal contents and the other acts as a vent to reduce suction-induced trauma to the intestinal tissue. The weighted tip and peristalsis, if present, propel the tube beyond the stomach and into the intestine.


newyorker26

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Reply 2 on: Jul 22, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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