The nurse is teaching an antepartum patient how to self admi…
The nurse is teaching an antepartum patient how to self administer subcutaneous heparin for the prevention of DVT. Her home maintenance dose will be 17,000 Units of heparin (SQ) subcutaneously daily. She has available vials which contain 20,000 Units per 1 mL. What volume (mL’s) of heparin should the nurse be teaching her to give herself? If final answer less than 1 mL round to hundredths, more than 1 mL round to the tenths.
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During a patient interview, a student physical therapist in Clinical Internship I changes his/her plan to follow a certain sequence of questions with the goal of facilitating rapport, increasing the therapeutic alliance and allowing the patient to guide the interview. This is an example of what type of reflection?
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When a physical therapist and occupational therapist work together on a spinal cord injury unit in an acute rehabilitation facilility they will each complete separate and distinct initial evaluations (IEs) of an assigned patient within their scope of practice. Which of the following examples accurately describe the differences in the scope of practice of the OT and PT when performing these (IEs)?
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