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Theinurseisupervisesitheitransferiofianielderlyiclientiwithileft-
sidediweaknessifromitheibeditoitheichair.iAfteriassistingitheiclientitoiaisi
ttingiposition,iwhichiofitheifollowingiactionsishoulditheinurseitakeiNEXT
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1.iPlaceinonskidishoesionitheiclient'sifeet.
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2.iInstructitheiclientithatisheiwillibeimovingitowardiherileftiside.
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3.iAskitheiclientitoipivotioniherirightifoot.
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4.iSupportitheileftilegiwithitheinurse'siknee.i-iCorrectiAnswer-
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Strategy:iDetermineitheioutcomeiofieachianswer.
1)iCORRECT—
iinstructiclientitoiwearishoesiwhenitransferring,inonskidisolesidecreaseit
heichanceiofifalls
2)iificlientihasiweakeriside,itransferitowarditheistrongeriside;inurseishou
ldiassessiifiaitransferibeltiisirequired;iplaceichairiati45°iangleitoitheibed
3)iappropriateiaction;ifirstiputishoesioniclient;iinstructiclientitoiuseiarmr
estsionichairiforisupport
,4)iappropriateiactionitoiprovideistabilityitoiweakilegisoithaticlienticanist
andiduringitransfer
Ai16-year-
oldigirliisibroughtitoitheiemergencyiroomibyiheriparentsiforievaluationio
fianieatingidisorder.iWhenitheinurseiapproachesitheiclientitoidrawiaiblo
odisample,itheiclienticriesiout,i"Iihateihavingimyibloodidrawn.iGoiaway!
"iWhichiofitheifollowingiresponsesibyitheinurseiisiBEST?
1.i"What'sitheimatter?iAreiyouiafraidiofiwhatiweiareigoingitoifind?"
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2.i"Whatiisiitiaboutihavingiyouribloodidrawnithatiupsetsiyou?"
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3.i"Takeiaideepibreath.iItiwillibeioveribeforeiyouiknowiit."
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i4.i"I'llibeibackiini15iminutesisoiweicanidiscussiyouriconcern."i-
iCorrectiAnswer-
Strategy:i"BEST"iindicatesidiscriminationiisirequireditoiansweritheiques
tion.
1)iyes/noiquestion;inurseiisimakingianiassumption
2)iCORRECT—iopen-
ended;irelatesitoiclient'siverbaliandinonverbalicommunicationiandiresp
ondsitoitheiclient'sifeelings
3)i"don'tiworry"iresponse;inontherapeutic
,4)idoinotileaveitheiclientialone
Theinurseicaresiforiclientsiinitheiprenataliclinic.iAiclienticomesitoitheiclin
iciforiaiprenatalivisitioniJunei6.iHerilastimenstrualiperiodiwasiDecemberi
10.iTheinurseiexpectsitheiclient'sifundaliheightitoimeasure
1.i24icm.
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2.i26icm.
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3.i28icm.
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4.i30icm.i-iCorrectiAnswer-Strategy:iThinkiaboutieachianswer.
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1)iincorrect,idetermineiEDCibasedioniNiäigele'sirule-
dateiLMPiDec.i10;iEDB-Sept.i17;iclientiisi26iweeksipregnant;ifromi24-
34iweeks,ifundaliheighticorrelatesiwelliwithiweeksiofigestation;i24icmiisi
approximatelyi24iweeks'igestation
2)iCORRECT—
iclientiisi26iweeksipregnant;ifundaliheightishouldicorrelateiwithiweeksio
fipregnancy
3)ifundusiisitooihigh
4)ifundusiisitooihigh
, Recentlyiseveralistaffimembersionitheiunitihaveicomplainediofibackistra
in.iTheinurseideterminesithatitheistaffiisinoticonsistentlyiusingicorrectib
odyimechanicsiwhenitransferringipatients.iWhichiofitheifollowingisugge
stionsishoulditheinurseimakeiFIRST?
1.i"Encourageiyouripatientsitoiassistiasimuchiasipossible."
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2.i"Useiyouriarmsiandilegsiwhenimovingiaiclient."
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3.i"Determineiifihelpiisirequireditoitransferiaipatient."
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4.i"Positioniyourselficloseitoitheipatient."i-iCorrectiAnswer-
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Strategy:iAssessibeforeiimplementing.
1)idecreasesitheinurse'siworkloadiandipromotesiclientistrengthiandiinde
pendence
2)iappropriateiaction;iuseitheilargerimusclesiofitheibodyiandinotitheibac
k;idon'titwistispine
3)iCORRECT—
ifirstistepiisitoiassess;idetermineitheiweightitoibeitransferrediandiifihelpi(
otheristaffimembers,imechanicalidevices)iisirequirediandiavailable
4)iminimizesitheiforceifeltibyitheinurse;ialwaysikeepiweightitoibeiliftedicl
oseitoitheibody