Bertha is transferred to the hospice unit. she remains weak and disoriented, and subtle vital sign changes indicate that the dying process has begun. under the guidelines of bertha's living will, no lifesaving measures are ordered. care measures are instituted to keep bertha comfortable. she develops cheilosis and stomatitis. what nursing intervention should be instituted to care for bertha's mouth?
a. giver her sips of water through a straw.
b. offer her an ounce of ice chips every hour.
c. provide mouth care daily with her bath.
d. clean her mouth frequently with oral swabs.

You can add phyisical activity minutes to your day by uising a leaf blower instead of a rake

You isolate an infectious substance capable of causing disease in plants, but you do not know whether the infectious agent is a bacterium, virus, viroid, or prion. you have four methods at your disposal to analyze the substance and determine the nature of the infectious agent.i. treat the substance with enzymes that destroy all nucleic acids and then determine whether the substance is still infectious.ii. microscope.iii. culture the substance on nutritive medium, away from any plant cells.iv. treat the sample with proteases that digest all proteins and then determining whether the substance is still infectious.if you already know that the infectious agent was either bacterial or viral, which method(s) listed above would allow you to distinguish between these two possibilities? a) ib) iic) ii or iiid) iv

Skin puncture techniques are useful when