- Patients often exhibit resistive and challenging behaviors in the orientation phase of the therapeutic relationship.
- Abdominal assessment is performed in the following order: inspection, auscultation, palpation, and percussion.
- When measuring blood pressure in a neonate, the nurse should select a cuff that’s no less than one-half and no more than two-thirds the length of the extremity that’s used.
- Abdominal assessment is performed in the following order: inspection, auscultation, palpation, and percussion.
- When measuring blood pressure in a neonate, the nurse should select a cuff that’s no less than one-half and no more than two-thirds the length of the extremity that’s used.