A nursing student caring for a patient recognizes that he has contaminated his sterile glove during a dressing change requiring surgical asepsis, so he puts on a new sterile glove. The student's action demonstrates that he has learned to _________________
Fill in the blank with the correct word.
ANS: Evaluate his own behavior (or wording indicating this same idea)
Learners must work at developing the skill of viewing themselves and their actions objectively.
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a. uterine atony. b. lacerations of the genital tract. c. perineal hematoma. d. infection of the uterus.
A researcher would choose a nonexperimental approach when ethical constraints prevented manipulation of the independent variable
A) True B) False
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