When bathing a patients extremities the nurse should use long firm strokes from the distal to the proximal areas this technique?

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The most important nursing intervention to correct skin dryness is:
- Avoid bathing the patient until the condition is remedied. and notify the physician
- Ask the physician to refer the patient to a dermatologist. and suggest that the patient wear home-laundered sleepwear
- Consult the dietitian about increasing the patient’s fat intake. and take necessary measures to prevent infection
- Encourage the patient to increase his fluid intake. use non-irritating soap when bathing the patient. and apply lotion to the involved areas
When bathing a patient’s extremities. the nurse should use long. firm strokes from the distal to the proximal areas. This technique:
- Provides an opportunity for skin assessment
- Avoids undue strain on the nurse
- Increases venous blood return
- Causes vasoconstriction and increases circulation
Vivid dreaming occurs in which stage of sleep?
- Rapid eye movement (REM) stage
The natural sedative in meat and milk products (especially warm milk) that can help induce sleep is:
Nursing interventions that can help the patient to relax and sleep restfully include all of the following except:
- Have the patient take a 30- to 60-minute nap in the afternoon
- Turn on the television in the patient’s room
- Provide quiet music and interesting reading material
- Massage the patient’s back with long strokes
Restraints can be used for all of the following purposes except to:
- Prevent a confused patient from removing tubes. such as feeding tubes. I.V. lines. and urinary catheters
- Prevent a patient from falling out of bed or a chair
- Discourage a patient from attempting to ambulate alone when he requires assistance for his safety
- Prevent a patient from becoming confused or disoriented
Which of the following is the nurse’s legal responsibility when applying restraints?
- Document the patient’s behavior
- Document the type of restraint used
- Obtain a written order from the physician except in an emergency. when the patient must be protected from injury to himself or others
Kubler-Ross’s five successive stages of death and dying are:
- Anger. bargaining. denial. depression. acceptance
- Denial. anger. depression. bargaining. acceptance
- Denial. anger. bargaining. depression acceptance
- Bargaining. denial. anger. depression. acceptance
A terminally ill patient usually experiences all of the following feelings during the anger stage except:
Nurses and other health care provides often have difficulty helping a terminally ill patient through the necessary stages leading to acceptance of death. Which of the following strategies is most helpful to the nurse in achieving this goal?
- Taking psychology courses related to gerontology
- Reading books and other literature on the subject of thanatology
- Reflecting on the significance of death
- Reviewing varying cultural beliefs and practices related to death