One recommendation for fluid intake is that older women should drink approximately ____ liters per day, while older men should drink ____ liters.

 What would minimize the nurse’s risk for contamination during the removal of a nasogastric tube?      

The nurse has an order to insert a nasogastric tube into the stomach of an assigned client.  In what order should the nurse perform the actions to complete the procedure?  Place the options in the correct order.  All options must be used. 

A nurse is preparing to insert an NG tube for a client who requires gastric decompression.  Which of the following actions should the nurse perform before beginning the procedure (Select all that apply).

The nurse has just placed a nasogastric tube for gastric decompression secondary to a paralytic ileus.  What is the first thing that you need to do?  

Which of the following is not a recommended procedure for administering medications through a tube feeding? 

Which landmarks should the nurse use to correctly measure a client prior to nasogastric tube insertion?  Select all that apply.

A nurse is  preparing to insert an NG tube on a client for stomach decompression.  When determining the length of the tube to be inserted what anatomical locations should the nurse use for measurement? 

Clinical Coding Workout Chapter 4, question 4.70 This is a 71-year-old female admitted with a complaint of right-sided weakness. She denies any fever, shortness of breath, cough, headaches, or chest pain. Patient has NIDDM, controlled by diet. Patient currently smokes a half pack of cigarettes per day. Mild right-sided paralysis was found on physical examination. Patient is right-handed. Gadolinium-enhanced brain MRI demonstrated subacute middle cerebral artery infarct in the left basal ganglia. Discharge diagnosis was CVA-subacute infarct. Physical therapy and speech therapy for her hemiparalysis and dysphasia started and will continue at the rehabilitation facility where she was transferred.  Which of the following answers would be correct? 

Clinical Coding Workout Chapter 4, question 4.88 A 75-year-old male was admitted to the hospital in acute respiratory failure. He has emphysema due to his continuous cigarette smoking for over 50 years. Sputum cultures showed streptococcus A pneumonia. He was intubated in the ER and started on mechanical ventilation. After 36 hours, he was extubated and was able to breathe on his own. He was started on Chantix to treat his dependence on nicotine. Diagnosis: Acute respiratory failure, pneumonia due to streptococcus A, and emphysema. What codes are assigned?