Author Question: The nurse is planning care for a group of patients. Which task will the nurse assign to the nursing ... (Read 51 times)

cookcarl · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

The nurse is planning care for a group of patients. Which task will the nurse assign to the nursing assistive personnel (NAP)?

a. Performing the first postoperative pouch change
b. Maintaining a nasogastric tube
c. Administering an enema
d. Digitally removing stool

Question 2

The nurse is caring for patients with ostomies. In which ostomy location will the nurse expect very liquid stool to be present?

a. Sigmoid
b. Transverse
c. Ascending
d. Descending

daiying98 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
The skill of administering an enema can be delegated to an NAP. The skill of inserting and maintaining a nasogastric (NG) tube cannot be delegated to an NAP. The nurse should do the first postoperative pouch change. Digitally removing stool cannot be delegated to nursing assistive personnel.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
The path of digestion goes from the ascending, across the transverse, to the descending and finally passing into the sigmoid; therefore, the least formed stool (very liquid) would be in the ascending.