Archer nclex exam 202 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

A client is scheduled for gastroscopy at 8:00 AM and has been placed on NPO since midnight. At 6:30 AM, the nurse checks the client's capillary blood glucose level and gets a result of 40 mg/dl on the glucometer. The client is alert, coherent, and reports, "I feel fine. I don't feel anything." The most appropriate action for the nurse is: A. Record the finding in the notes and withhold the client's morning insulin. B. Take a repeat sample of the capillary blood glucose. C. Give the cli...

1. A pediatric client has rubeola. What kind of infection control measure should the nurse initiate? a. Airborne precautions. Rationale- The infection control measure that must be initiated is airborne transmission precautions because the mode of transmission for rubeola, or measles, is airborne. This type of transfer occurs when the pathogen is carried in dust or droplets in the air and that remains in place for a sufficient time to infect a person exposed to this air. Do not confuse rub...