In the emergency room, Nurse Rivera is assigned to attend to the client with lacerations on the arms. While assessing the extent of the wound the nurse observes that the wound is now starting to bleed profusely. The most immediate nursing action would be to:

Apply antiseptic to prevent infection
Bandage the wound and elevate the arm
Control and reduce bleeding of the wound
Clean the wound vigorously of contaminants

The question from the test: Nursing practice i � foundation of professional nu.

The nurse applies dressing on the bleeding site. This intervention is done to:

After the treatment, the client is sent home and asked to come back for follow-up care. Your responsibilities when the client is to be discharged include the following EXCEPT:

Situation 10 - While working in the clinic, a new client, Geline, 35 years old, arrives for her doctor's appointment. As the clinic nurse, you are to assist the client fill up forms, gather data and make an assessment.

46. The purpose of your initial nursing interview is to:

While interviewing Geline, she starts to moan and doubles up in pain. She tells you that this pain occurs about an hour after taking black coffee without breakfast for a few weeks now. You will record this as follows:

Geline tells you that she drinks black coffee frequently within the day to 'have energy and be wide awake' and she eats nothing for breakfast and eats strictly vegetable salads for lunch and dinner to lose weight. She has lost weight during the past two weeks. In planning a healthy balanced diet with Geline, you will: