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Skills Assessment 5

Skills Assessment 5

Q For this assignment, you will complete Critical Thinking Activities based on your Chapter 9 readings in Foundations and Adult Health Nursing. Please review the Critical Thinking prompts below providing a response for each that is at least 150 words in length. Your responses should be well-written, in your own words, and submitted via an upload below using a Word or Google document. If you have questions about formatting or how to cite your sources, please review the IOT Writing Guide and APA Download IOT Writing Guide and APAguidelines. If you have any questions, please reach out to your instructor! ________________________________________ Week 5: Critical Thinking Activities 1. The nurse is caring for a male patient of German descent. The patient is admitted with a diagnosis of pneumonia. The nurse enters the room with clean bed linen, washcloths, towels, shampoo, soap, and a hospital gown. The nurse informs the patient it is time for him to take a shower and she will change his bed linen while he is in the shower. The patient refuses his shower. How should the nurse handle this situation? 2. The nurse is caring for a 69-year-old patient who was admitted for ketoacidosis. While the nurse is assisting the patient with a bed bath, the patient asks the nurse to trim his toenails. The nurse assesses the patient’s toenails and sees that they are thick, yellow, and long. How should the nurse manage the patient’s request? Rubric W5: Critical Thinking Lab W5: Critical Thinking Lab Criteria Ratings Pts This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeCritical Thinking Prompts The student will be awarded a maximum of 10 points per answer. Points will be deducted if necessary; please see instructor feedback. 20 pts Total Points: 20 PreviousNext

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1. In this type of situations, the following can be done. Assess the patient for any physiological problems, which makes him to refuse a shower. I would advise to establish a fair conversation with him and tell him politely, “it will be very useful in preventing contaminations and keeping the cleanliness if we change the bed clothes every day and change your soiled linen after you bathe. If the bed sheets are new and still you are on the bed with last day's gown, there is no use in making the bed with new spreads. Microbes will attack your bed again. This is the reason behind my request.". If the patient still refused there are still alternatives.