Exam 44: Home Care Teaching

In preparing to teach a patient how to self-administer mediation,the nurse realizes that 80% of patients who are instructed to self-medicate for preventative care fail to do so.Reasons for this include which of the following rationales?

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

Oxygen-conserving devices (OCDs)reduce the amount of oxygen the patient uses,resulting in an overall cost reduction to the patient.The type of OCD that stores oxygen in a chamber during the expiratory phase of respirations is known as the _______________.

Which of the following clinical findings are signs of hyperthermia?

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?

In teaching the patient the best sites for assessing blood pressure (BP),which of the following actions should the patient be taught to avoid?

When teaching the patient about performing trach care,which of the following actions is an acceptable technique?

What should the nurse instruct the patient to do when teaching the patient how to take a temperature?

When being taught clean intermittent self-catheterization (CISC),at what interval should the patient be taught to replace the catheter?

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?

The nurse is teaching the patient about the signs of hypothermia.She teaches that signs of hypothermia include which of the following clinical manifestations?

What is the principal difference in tracheostomy care between care given in the acute care setting and care given in the home care environment?

Expected outcomes for patients who are being taught how to use a thermometer include which of the following outcomes?

Oxygen-conserving devices (OCDs)reduce the amount of oxygen the patient uses,resulting in an overall cost reduction to the patient.The type of OCD that delivers oxygen only during inspiration is called a _______________.

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

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

What is an expected outcome after tracheostomy care is successfully performed?

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

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

Information that should be provided to the caregiver of a patient with a nasogastric (NG)tube includes: