The nurse is teaching a class on the management of poisoning to emergency department nurses. The nurse asks the class, Gastric lavage and aspiration should be reserved for which situation or situations?
Which of the following would be correct? (Select all that apply.)
a. Patients who have ingested caustic agents
b. Situations in which the poison was ingested during the preceding hour
c. Comatose patients
d. Patients who have significant cardiac dysrhythmia
e. Life-threatening ingestion of poison
Question 2
The nurse is teaching a community program on potential poisons in the home. The nurse asks the group, What service or services could a poison control center offer?
Which response by a participant demonstrates the need for further teaching? The poison control center offers
a. poison information and education.
b. advice and consultation by telephone for toxic exposures.
c. services provided 5 days a week.
d. hazard surveillance to achieve hazard elimination.
salicylate poisoning
Nurse collaboration
Students in class
Patient Teaching Methods Cont.
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