1. Rehabilitation nursing deals with many and a variety of problems. When caring for a male patient with urinary incontinence, what intervention would the nurse avoid with this patient?
A) Intermittent self-catheteriz
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1. Rehabilitation nursing deals with many and a variety of problems. When caring for a male patient with urinary incontinence, what intervention would the nurse avoid with this patient?
A) Intermittent self-catheterization
B) Indwelling catheter
C) External condom catheter
D) Incontinence pads
You are the nurse caring for a patient with a pressure ulcer. The nurse on the shift before you has done patient teaching about pressure ulcers and what the patient can do to help heal the pressure ulcer. You assess that the patient has understood the teaching by observing what?
A) Patient performs range-of-motion exercises
B) Patient avoids pressure on the healing site
C) Patient elevates body parts susceptible to edema
D) Patient demonstrates improved level of consciousness
An elderly female patient who is bedridden is admitted to the unit because of a large pressure ulcer. During your assessment of the patient, you find that the ulcer extends into the muscle and bone. What stage would document this ulcer?
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) IV
. Part of the care given to rehabilitation patients is teaching them different ways to exercise their limbs, no matter what the patient is rehabbing for. You are the nurse assisting a stroke patient to exercise. You are coaching the patient to contract and relax her muscles while keeping the extremity in a fixed position. Which type of exercise is the patient completing?
A) Passive
B) Isometric
C) Resistive
D) Abduction
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