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The nurse provides care for a patient with gastrointestinal bleeding. Which test will be prescribed to determine whether the patient has anemia?

The nurse caring for a patient receiving enteral feedings would assess for tolerance of the feeding by monitoring:

The nurse is aware that patients who are not candidates for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) include patients with: (Select all that apply.)

Place the steps of nasogastric tube removal in the correct order.a. Flush the tube with 30 mL of sterile water.b. check MD order to remove NG tube.c. Push 20 ml of air into the tube. d. Offer mouth care.e. Pinch off the tube and pull out gently but quickly.f. Turn off the tube feeding pump.  “step 1” is “. “step 2” is “. “step 3” is “. “step 4″ is ” “step 5” is “. “step 6” is “.   

A patient is having an MRI for a knee injury. During the test, he complains of burning in his upper thigh and swelling. Which of the following is the most probable cause of this complaint?

When assisting a patient with a severe visual impairment who wishes to feed himself, the nurse could best facilitate the patient’s eating by:

Ms Hong has hypocalcemia. To facilitate calcium absorption, Ms Hong should take all oral medicines containing calcium 30 minutes before meals. 

A nurse is preparing a cleansing enema for an adult patient who is constipated and has not responded to laxative use. Before giving the enema, the nurse should:

After observed your patients’ BM. You suspects Patient A has , while Patient B has .   

True or False: The first thing you  would flush trough the tube is mineral oil because it is the most harmless thing to flush down the tube.