PN Adult Medical Surgical Online Practice 2020 B

A nurse is assisting with the development of a plan of care to manage pain for a client who has herpes zoster with lesions on the lower extremities. Which of the following interventions should the nurse include in the plan of care? Keep bed linens o of the affected areas. Position a heat lamp over the lower extremities. Apply warm, moist compresses to the affected areas. Initiate droplet isolation precautions. - Keep bed linens o of the affected areas. A nurse in an orthopedic clinic is reinforcing teaching with a client who has osteoarthritis. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include to promote comfort? Sleep on a firm mattress. Try jogging in place when joints feel stiff. Use a soft chair or recliner for sitting. Apply ice packs to painful joints - Sleep on a firm mattress. A nurse is caring for a client who has an intestinal obstruction and reports a new onset of nausea. The client has an NG tube set at low intermittent suction and is receiving continuous IV infusion of 0.9% sodium chloride. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first? Check for kinks in the NG tube.