Saturday, March 6, 2010

question of the week

Question of the week for 03.01.10

A client has returned to the unit after having had a renal biopsy. Which of these nursing interventions is appropriate?

1. Ambulate the client four hours after procedure
2. Maintain client on NPO status for 24 hours
3. Monitor vital signs more frequently
4. Change the dressing every eight hours

1 comment:

a.ha said...

The correct answer is number: 3

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Brunner-Suddarth's textbook of medical surgical nursing (11th ed.).(2008).
Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.