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When can a school aged child with Varicella (Chicken Pox) return to school?

When all the blisters are scabbed over, dry and no longer draining. The child is then, no longer contagious and may return to school.

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus states they had the flu for the past 24 hours. Priority nursing interventions?

Teach the patient to drink 240ml of sugar-free liquids every hour to prevent dehydration.


Check blood sugar every 4 hours

Colonoscopy and polyp removal.

No NSAID's within one week of procedure (it increases the risk of bleeding) (Patient at risk)


If patient does not drink all of prep drink, procedure may be postponed. (Patient not at risk)

A school aged child in a motor vehicle crash has anxiety. Nursing action;

use simple sentences due to difficulty concentrating with anxiety

If a patient questions a medication they state they have not taken before, the nurse should do what first?

Verify the prescription. If prescription is there then teach about the medication to the patient

Spironolactone (Aldactone)

Potassium sparing diuretic. Patient should limit their potassium intake.


I.E. Cantaloupe

A long-term care nurse notices a patient who has Alzhiemer's standing at the exit doors at the end of the hallway. The patient seemed to be anxious and agitated. What should the nurse do?

Escort the patient to a quiet area on the nursing unit. A quiet, familiar area will help decrease agitation.

3 days post op TURP (Transurethral resection of the prostate) Nurse should expect?

Yellow urine with red sediment.


(Lowe abdominal cramping can indicate constipation, Bloody urine with large clots can indicate hemorrhaging, Increased bladder spasms can be expected the first 24hrs and should decrease by day 3)

New prosthesis for an above the knee amputation. Patient teaching

Apply prosthesis immediately upon waking each day to prevent swelling of the residual limb


Report any tenderness on residual limb, avoid maintaining hip flexion, avoid applying lotion to residual limb after bathing

Self-administer epeotin alfa (Epogen) teaching

Administer medication subcutaneously at a 45 degree angle


avoid shaking vial