Monday, November 13, 2006

Question of the week 11.06.06

A nurse is providing care to a 63 year-old client with pneumonia. Which intervention promotes the client’s comfort?

1. Increase oral fluid intake
2. Encourage visits from family and friends
3. Keep conversations short
4. Monitor vital signs frequently

3 comments:

Danielle Mathias-Lamb said...

The correct answer is number: 3

Keeping conversations short will promote the client’s comfort by decreasing demands on the client’s breathing and energy. Increased intake is not related to comfort. While the presence of family is supportive, demands on the client to interact with the visitors may interfere with the client’s rest. Monitoring vital signs is an important assessment but not related to promoting the client’s comfort.

Thida Seng said...

Thanks you for posting the question. What is the ISB#.

Danielle Mathias-Lamb said...

Hi Thida, These questions are from an online course

http://www.learningext.com/products/rnreview/review.asp