Tell a Nurse Chapters 40-47

Question 1

What should you look for when caring for a person with developmental disability?

Answer 1

• Change in a person’s vital signs especially temperature and pulse rhythm
• Change in a person’s appetite
• Change in a person’s level of activity
• Change in a person’s physical ability

Question 2

What should you look for when a person is within withdrawal?

Answer 2

• Body tremors
• Mental status and mood changes
• Delirium
• Hallucinations
• Restlessness
• Anxiety and Fear
• Insomnia
• Nausea and vomiting
• Sweating
• Heart palpitations and rapid pulse
• Seizures

Question 3

What should you look for when caring for a cancer patient?

Answer 3

• Person has severe nausea, vomiting, or both
• Person has pain or sores in the mouth
• Person has unusual discharge or bleeding from vagina, urethra or rectum
• Person complains of pain or shows body language that suggest they are in pain
• Person has diarrhea or is constipated
• Person has redness, swelling, pain around IV or venous access site
• Person has a fever or other signs of infection

Question 4

What should you look for during postoperative phase?

Answer 4

• Increased amount of bright red drainage on a person’s wound dressing or in the drainage device
• Significant change in the person’s vital sign
• Person is having trouble breathing, experiencing chest pain, making wheezing or gurgling sounds
• Person is restless, confused or disoriented
• Person’s lips or nail beds are very pale or have a bluish tinge
• Person’s skin is cool and clammy
• Person complains of increased pain, tingling or numbness of an extremity with cast or bandage
• Person complains of pain or swelling at the IV site or the IV is not dripping
• Person complains of abdominal pain, nausea or vomiting.

Question 5

What should you look out for when caring for Newborns and New Mothers

Answer 5

• Change in vital signs especially elevated blood pressure or body temperature
• Person complains of a headache or of seeing “spots” or “bright flashes” in front of their eyes
• Person faints or is dizzy
• Person has nausea , vomiting or diarrhea
• Person complains of abdominal pain
• Person is experiencing uterine contractions that are frequent or severe and are not relieved by resting
• Person has vaginal bleeding or there is fluid leaking from the vagina

Question 6

What should you look for when caring for person who just given birth

Answer 6

• Increased amount of vaginal bleeding
• Change in vital signs especially an increase in pulse rate and decrease in blood pressure, or an increase in temperature
• Person complains of dizziness or excessive thirst
• Person has trouble breathing or complains of pain in the chest
• Person who has epidural block complains of increased numbness in the legs and pelvic region or a headache
• Person having trouble urinating or is unable to urinate

Question 7

What should you look for when taking care of infant

Answer 7

• Baby appears weak or “floppy”
• Baby is pale
• Baby cries and nothing you try makes them stop
• Baby’s temperature is abnormal (Too high or Too low)
• Baby’s heart rate is abnormal (too high or too low)
• Baby is breathing rapidly and shallowly
• Baby cannot be wakened
• Baby has a rash
• Baby will not eat
• Baby’s eyes are red or discolored
• Baby has vomited

Question 8

What to look as home health care aide in a Client’s medical condition

Answer 8

• One or more client’s vital signs is above or below the standards set by the agency
• Client has a fever or other signs of infection
• Change in client’s mental alertness or orientation
• The client has signs of skin breakdown or pressure sores
• Client has signs or symptoms that could indicate a medical emergency
• You suspect that the client is being abused (physically, sexually, emotionally)
• There are unsafe or unsanitary conditions in the home.

Question 9

What should you look for in a client’s home

Answer 9

• Client has signs of an infection like fever, pain,, redden skin, coughing, thick nasal discharge, vomiting or diarrhea
• Family member has signs of infection, especially if the client is at high risk for catching a communicable infection because of a weakened immune system
• Members of the household have poor sanitation practices
• House lacks running water or toilet facilities
• House is infested with insects or rodents