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The standard of practice for administering IM injections to a newborn is:  

While caring for a patient with a chest tube and a chest tube drainage system, you as the nurse notice a lack of drainage when there had been drainage previously. The nurse will do all the following , except

A nurse is going to suction an adult patient with a tracheostomy who has copious amounts of secretions. The nurse does which of the following to accomplish this procedure safely and effectively?  

Tracheal suctioning requires the nurse to wear:

A postoperative patient asks the nurse why it is so important to deep breathe, cough and use the incentive spirometer after surgery. In formulating a response, the nurse incorporates the understanding that retained pulmonary secretions in a postoperative client can lead to:

You are assessing a two day old infant and note that the skin has a yellow pigmentation. You would document this as ___________, notify the MD to obtain an order for ____________.  

A nurse is conducting preoperative teaching with a patient about the incentive spirometer that will be used in the postoperative phase. The nurse would include what information for using an incentive spirometer?  

When the nurse places an infant in a supine position, turn head to side, arm and leg extend on side to which head is turned while opposite arm and leg flex.

During a blood transfusion, the patient is complaining of itching and dyspnea. The nurse observes the patient has a flushed face and is developing hives, what is the FIRST nursing action?

Pinkish, easily blanched areas on the upper eyelids, nose, upper lip, back of head, nape of neck are called