Personal space and distance is culturally dependent and can impact nurse-patient interactions significantly. What is the best way for the nurse to interact with a patient who has a different cultural perspective on space and distance?

Which of the following General Strategies are used to reduce the indirect transmission of C. Difficile infection.  (Select ALL that Apply)

The nurse caring for a 91-year-old patient with osteoarthritis is reviewing the patient’s chart. This patient is on a variety of medications prescribed by different doctors.  What is the nurse most concerned about with this patient?  

A patient tells the nurse that he takes laxatives every day but is still constipated. The nurse’s response is based on which of the following?  

In a boarding home where most patients have slight to moderate visual or hearing impairment and some are periodically confused, which of the following would be the nurse’s first priority in caring for sensory concerns?

The nurse in a pediatric clinic is assessing a 1-year-old. In documenting a deviation from perfect ocular alignment, what term should the nurse use?  

Sue has blue eyes and is 5 feet tall. Tom has brown eyes and is 6 feet tall.  These physical characteristics are primarily determined by which of the following?

True or False Resuscitation efforts should never be initiated on an unresponsive, pulseless child who is found to be hypothermic.

During a dressing change, the nurse assesses protrusion of the intestines through an opened wound. What would the nurse do after covering the wound with towels moistened with sterile 0.9% sodium chloride (saline) solution?

The nurse is caring for a 35-year-old man diagnosed with a back strain. What would be important to discuss with this patient?