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Coughing patient. Ask the patient to cough while you listen to the chest from the back and the front, as long as they're cool with that. the chest can be percussed also to see if ther is fluid build up. Ask the patient if it is dry, or sputumy. Ask about the Sputum colour and viscosity.
The cough may be accompanied by other symptoms, or may be due to smoking, or other particulate intake.
What else can I help you with?
How do you suppress coughing during surgery?
During surgery the patient is medicated with sedatives as adjunctives to the anesthetic agent, and these sedatives tend to suppress coughing. Also, if a patient is coughing excessively due to infection, he is not a good candidate for surgery anyway due to the ongoing inflammatory response.
Which topic is most important for the nurse to dicuss preoperatively with a patient with a patient who is scheduled for a colon resection?
deep breathing and coughing
How can smallpox spread from one person to another?
(All answers are correct). Aerosols generated by a patient sneezing or coughing, Droplets during face-to-face contact with a patient & Direct contact with the patient's scabs.
When a healthcare provider returns to patient care after having influenza should they wear a mask?
if coughing and sneezing are present
What is a scenario where an inference can be made from several observations?
create a scenario where in inference can be made from several observations
How are observations made?
observations r made with the five senses (feel, taste, hear, sight, and smell).
Is documentation and charting known as chronologic recording of pertinent facts and observations about the patient's health?
true
What are observations?
Observations are records of occurrences and details, and are made in the course of an investigation or experiment.
Why are coughdrops made?
Coughdrops are made to help coughing, sore throats, etc., etc.
What did galileos observations confirm?
He made many experiments and observations in the field of physics in general.
Who made the first observations of objects in the solar system that orbited neither the sun nor earth were made by?
the first observations of the solar system were made by the mayans
Smallpox can spread from one person to another by the following routes Aerosols generated by a patient sneezing or coughing Droplets during face-to-face contact with a patient Direct contact with the?
According to Wikipedia, smallpox can be spreaded by direct contact with infected skin. Coughing, sneezing, speaking and even breathing can spread the virus through saliva droplets expelled from the mouth.
