Exam 42: Home Care Teaching

The patient's caregiver is checking the patient's nasogastric (NG)tube for gastric residual before proceeding with the patient's next feeding.The patient aspirates 250 mL of residual for the second hour in a row.The caregiver held the tube feeding within the last hour.What should the caregiver do now?

What does the nurse teach the patient and caregiver to do when setting up and changing administration sets for continuous tube feedings to preserve medical asepsis?

A ___________________ delivers oxygen through a catheter permanently inserted into the trachea,thus allowing the patient to speak and bypassing anatomical dead space.

What should the nurse instruct the parents to do when teaching them about temperature monitoring for a child?

Of the following type of thermometers available,which is not recommended for home use?

In teaching the patient how to perform intermittent self-catheterization,the nurse instructs which of the following?

A patient is discharged and is sent home with enteral feedings.What instructions should the nurse give to the caregiver?

The patient had a heart attack in the past and currently is on digoxin (a cardiac glycoside)and a beta-blocker.What instructions should the nurse give to the patient?

In teaching the patient how to take his own blood pressure,which of the following statements is true?

In teaching the patient how to take his own blood pressure,the nurse instructs the patient to avoid which of the following 30 minutes before taking the blood pressure (BP)? (Select all that apply.)

The patient needs to be taught the signs of hypoxia.Which of the following are causes of hypoxia? (Select all that apply.)

What is an appropriate technique to use when teaching an older patient about self-medication in the home?

What instructions should the nurse provide when teaching the patient and the patient's caregiver how to administer parenteral nutrition (PN)?

What should the nurse first assess when preparing to teach a patient and/or family member how to read a thermometer?

The nurse is teaching the patient about the signs of hypothermia.She teaches that the signs of hypothermia include which of the following? (Select all that apply.)

The patient is taking Synthroid (a thyroid medication)for hypothyroidism.What should the nurse instruct the patient to do when teaching the patient how to assess her own blood pressure and pulse?

While teaching how to check for gastric residual,the nurse instructs the caregiver to delay the tube feeding if he/she obtains more than _________ mL of gastric aspirate.