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The nurse is admitting a client from the long-term care facility for possible aspiration
pneumonia and they keep asking, "Which direction can I face to pray to Mecca?" Which priority
action should the nurse take first?
Locate the proper direction to Mecca for the client
The new postpartum nurse is receiving a hand-off report from the labor and delivery (L&D)
nurse about a client that gave birth four hours ago to their first baby. The postpartum nurse asks
how the first feed went for the parent and baby. The L&D nurse says, "Oh, she's not interested
in trying. You will find that many obese moms aren't successful breastfeeders."
Which actions should the nurse take at this time? Select all that apply.
Discuss the cultural competence issue with the charge nurse.
Specify to the L&D nurse the added support obese mothers need to breastfeed.
Research best practices in supporting breastfeeding for obese mothers.
Provide support group information for continued breastfeeding support.
Follow up with the client about their breastfeeding preferences
A client comes into the emergency department for abdominal pain. They have been
menstruating for five weeks now and their healthcare provider has prescribed hormonal birth
control. The abdominal cramping is severe and they have missed two days of work. The client
rates their pain at 10 on a scale of 0 to 10 (10 is the highest). The most recent vital signs are
101.2 F (38.4 C), 101 bpm, 118/67 mmHg, 26 bpm, 93% on room air. The emergency healthcare
provider plans to discharge the client home. However, the nurse insists on completing tests
before the discharge.
The nurse knows the client is at highest risk of developing __________ as evidenced by the
client's __________.
Peritonitis
Fever
, The nurse is discharging a client home after they refused treatment for advanced stomach
cancer because they "don't have insurance or the money to pay for it." Which additional
teaching should the nurse include in the discharge education paperwork? Select all that apply.
Provide local support group information for those with cancer.
Educate the client on their local Department of Health and Human Services resources.
Ensure the client has the social worker's phone number.
A nursing professor is lecturing on breast cancer prevalence and states that Caucasian women
are more likely to have breast cancer but African American women are more likely to die due to
late discovery. Omitting an explanation as to why this is the case places future nurses at risk of
developing __________, which can impact client __________.
Implicit bias
Outcomes
The nurse manager hired a Hispanic nurse on a predominantly Caucasian oncology floor. The
charge nurse overheard one of the nurses say, "Our manager only hired the Mexican nurse
because there are so many Spanish-speaking clients." How should the charge nurse act to
address this issue? Place the steps in order of priority, from the highest to the lowest.
1. Approach the nurse about the Zero Tolerance Policy.
2. Notify the nursing manager of the nurse's comment.
3. Create an in-service about inclusivity and acceptance.
4. Require staff to complete mandatory training on diversity.
A male nursing student is currently enrolled in the maternal-newborn course and shows great
interest in pursuing a labor and delivery nursing career. However, the maternal-newborn clinical
instructor notices the nursing student withdrawing from their clinical experiences despite his
stated interest in labor and delivery at the beginning of the semester. The nursing student
claims that the labor and delivery nurses on the floor say that clients do not want a male nurse
and he should consider other nursing types.
What actions should the clinical instructor take at this time? Select all that apply.
Approach the nurse manager about the comments the nurses made.