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During a seminar on cultural aspects of nursing, the nurse recognizes that the definition stating the specific and distinct knowledge, beliefs, skills, and customs acquired by members of a society reflects which term? a. Mores b. Norms c. Culture d. Social learning - Answer-C During a class on the aspects of culture, the nurse shares that culture has four basic characteristics. Which statement correctly reflects one of these characteristics? a. Cultures are static and unchanging, d...

The nurse would use bimanual palpation technique in which situation? a. Palpating the thorax of an infant b. Palpating the kidneys and uterus c. Assessing pulsations and vibrations d. Assessing the presence of tenderness and pain - Answer-B The nurse is reviewing percussion techniques with a newly graduated nurse. Which technique, if used by the new nurse, indicates that more review is needed? a. Percussing once over each area b. Quickly lifting the striking finger after each strok...

A 60-year-old male patient has been treated for pneumonia for the past 6 weeks. He is seen today in the clinic for an unexplained weight loss of 10 pounds over the last 6 weeks. The nurse knows that: a. Weight loss is probably the result of unhealthy eating habits. b. Chronic diseases such as hypertension cause weight loss. c. Unexplained weight loss often accompanies short-term illnesses. d. Weight loss is probably the result of a mental health dysfunction. - Answer-C When measuring ...

During a session on substance abuse, the nurse is reviewing statistics with the class. For persons aged 12 years and older, which illicit substance was most commonly used? a. Crack cocaine b. Heroin c. Marijuana d. Hallucinogens - Answer-C A woman who has just discovered that she is pregnant is in the clinic for her first obstetric visit. She asks the nurse, How many drinks a day is safe for my baby? The nurses best response is: a. You should limit your drinking to once or twice a ...

Which finding made during a general survey indicates need for follow-up with the health care provider? Select all that apply. a. Dysphagia b. Maintains balance c. Arm span equals height d. propulsion with ambulation e. limited knee range of motion - Answer-A, D, E Which action by the novice nurse requires correction when obtaining measurements of an 18-month-old child to assess growth? a. Gently stretch the spine and legs b. Use a horizontal measuring board c. Have the child stand aga...

The nurse is performing an oral assessment on a 40-year-old Black patient and notices the presence of a 1 cm, nontender, grayish-white lesion on the left buccal mucosa. Which one of these statements is true? This lesion is: a.Leukoedema and is common in dark-pigmented persons. b.The result of hyperpigmentation and is normal. c.Torus palatinus and would normally be found only in smokers. d.Indicative of cancer and should be immediately tested. - ️️A. leukoedema and is common in dark-pi...

The nurse is performing a general survey. Which action is a component of the general survey? A) Observing the patient's body stature and nutritional status B) Interpreting the subjective information the patient has reported C) Measuring the patient's temperature, pulse, respirations, and blood pressure D) Observing specific body systems while performing the physical assessment - Answer-A A 1-month-old infant has a head measurement of 34 cm and has a chest circumference of 32 cm. B...

To perform an accurate assessment of respirations, the examiner should A. count for 30 seconds after completing a pulse assessment and multiply by two. B. inform the person of the procedure and count for 1 minute. C. assess respirations for a full 2 minutes if an abnormality is suspected. D. count for 15 seconds while keeping fingers on the pulse and then multiply by four. - ️️A. count for 30 seconds after completing a pulse assessment and multiply by two. Respirations should be counte...

During a nutritional assessment, why is it important for the nurse to ask a patient what medications he or she is taking? 1.Certain drugs can affect the metabolism of nutrients. 2.The nurse needs to assess the patient for allergic reactions. 3.Medications need to be documented on the record for the physician's review. 4.Medications can affect one's memory and ability to identify food eaten in the last 24 hours. - Answer-1 During a nutritional assessment of a 22-year-old male refugee...

If urine output is below the expected value, then the nurse should perform a bladder scan according to institutional policy to check for retention. What should the nurse assess before entering the patients room on morning rounds? a. Posted conditions, such as isolation precautions b. Patients input and output chart from the previous shift c. Patients general appearance d. Presence of any visitors in the room - ️️ANS: A When entering a patients room, the nurse should make direct eye co...

Describe the function of the lymphatic system. - Answer-Retrieves excess fluid from the tissue spaces and returns it to the bloodstream. During circulation of the blood, somewhat more fluid leaves the capillaries than the veins can absorb. Without lymphatic drainage, fluid would build up in the interstitial spaces and produce edema. List the pulse sites accessible to examination. - Answer-Temporal artery, carotid artery, brachial artery, femoral artery, popliteal artery, dorsalis pedis, pos...

Nursing process - Answer-a method of collecting and analyzing clinical information with the following components: (1) assessment (2) diagnosis (3) outcome identification (4) planning (5) implementation (6) evaluation Diagnostic reasoning - Answer-a method of collecting and analyzing clinical information with the following components: (1) attending to initially available cues (2) formulating diagnostic hypotheses (3) gathering data relative to the tentative hypotheses (4) evaluating ...

A patient drifts off to sleep when she is not being stimulated. The nurse can easily arouse her by calling her name, but the patient remains drowsy during the conversation. The best description of this patient's level of consciousness would be: a. Lethargic b. Obtunded c. Stuporous d. Semialert - Answer-A Rationale: Lethargic (or somnolent) is when the person is not fully alert, drifts off to sleep when not stimulated, and can be aroused when called by name in a normal voice but look...

A female patient tells the nurse that she has had six pregnancies, with four live births at term and two spontaneous abortions. Her four children are still living. How would the nurse record this information? a. P-6, B-4, (S)Ab-2 b. Grav 6, Term 4, (S)Ab-2, Living 4 c. Patient has had four living babies. d. Patient has been pregnant six times. - Answer-B A patient tells the nurse that he is allergic to penicillin. What would be the nurses best response to this information? a. Are y...

Roentgen does not have a _____________ - ️️SI equivalent Classifications of ionizing radiation - ️️electromagnetic, particulate electromagnetic radiation - ️️man made or occurs naturally, possesses no mass Particulate radiation - ️️tiny particles of matter that possess mass and travel in straight lines and at high speeds Tube head is immersed in - ️️oil, to provide electrical insulation and dispense of heat First invented Xrays - ️️Wilhelm Conrad Roetgen 1895 Cath...

Which hand hygiene equipment facilitates cross-contamination? - ️️Squeeze bottle soap dispenser Universal Precautions - ️️consider all clients as being infected with blood borne pathogens and therefore applying infection control procedures to the care of all clients Endogenous Bacteria - ️️Normally resides on or in body without causing harm but Has disease-producing potential Major source of disease agents - ️️mouth How do we control the spread of pathogens in the office? ...

(1) density is the overall darkness or blackness of a dental image (2) when the kilovoltage is increased while other exposure factors rain constant, the resultant image exhibits a decreased density and appears lighter - ️️first statement is true; the second statement is false then you are placing the film packet in your patients mouth, which side of the film packet would you place toward the patients teeth? - ️️the solid white side who modified the paralleling technique with the in...

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Client-server Network - ️️Contains one or more servers; client is a computer that will request information from another computer; server is a computer that takes requests and responds with the requested information; the software used facilitates communication with remote servers Business Continuity - ️️The activity performed by an organization to ensure that critical business functions will be available to customer, suppliers, regulators, and other entities that must have access to...