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A blood pressure cuff that’s too narrow can cause a falsely elevated blood
pressure reading.
When preparing a single injection for a patient who takes regular and neutral
protein Hagedorn insulin, the nurse should draw the regular insulin into the
syringe first so that it does not contaminate the regular insulin.
Rhonchi are the rumbling sounds heard on lung auscultation. They are more
pronounced during expiration than during inspiration.
Gavage is forced feeding, usually through a gastric tube (a tube passed into the
stomach through the mouth).
According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, physiologic needs (air, water, food,
shelter, sex, activity, and comfort) have the highest priority.
The safest and surest way to verify a patient’s identity is to check the
identification band on his wrist.
In the therapeutic environment, the patient’s safety is the primary concern.
Fluid oscillation in the tubing of a chest drainage system indicates that the
system is working properly.
The nurse should place a patient who has a Sengstaken-Blakemore tube in semi-
Fowler position.
The nurse can elicit Trousseau’s sign by occluding the brachial or radial artery.
Hand and finger spasms that occur during occlusion indicate Trousseau’s sign and
suggest hypocalcemia.
For blood transfusion in an adult, the appropriate needle size is 16 to 20G.
Intractable pain is pain that incapacitates a patient and can’t be relieved by
drugs.
In an emergency, consent for treatment can be obtained by fax, telephone, or other
telegraphic means.
Decibel is the unit of measurement of sound.