Connell has burns to his lower legs after a fire 2 days ago….
Connell has burns to his lower legs after a fire 2 days ago. He has dressing changes every other day and had pain medication almost two hours ago and is still reporting his pain as 9 out of 10. He is not scheduled to receive another dose of medication for another hour. What should the critically thinking nurse do first?
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The nurse is caring for a patient who has an order to change their hip dressing twice a day. The next dressing change is scheduled for 1800hrs. At 1400hrs the patient care assistant tells you that the dressing is soaked through. What is the nurse’s next action?
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While caring for a hospitalized older woman after hip surgery, the new graduate nurse is faced with the task of inserting an indwelling catheter which involves rotating the hip into a contraindicated position. The nurse exhibits critical thinking to perform this task by doing what?
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A nurse takes the blood pressure of an elderly patient. The reading is 92/46mmHg. The nurse charts this information and goes to the medication room to prepare the patient’s morning medications. When taking the patient’s blood pressure, which part of the nursing process is the nurse engaging in?
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