The first critical care units were: (Select all that apply.)
a. burn units.
b. coronary care units
c. recovery rooms.
d. neonatal intensive care units.
B, C
Recovery rooms and coronary care units were the first units designated to care for critically ill patients. Burn and neonatal intensive care units were established as specialty units evolved.
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The nurse is conducting training for crisis counselors. The nurse would include the intervention strategies of safety and security, ventilate and validate, predict and prepare which are:
1. A way to identify when the crisis is maturational. 2. Best used before a crisis. 3. Applied when the clients are unable to progress. 4. Referred to as the ABCs of crisis counseling.
Universal guidelines that define appropriate measures for all nursing interventions that should be observed during the performance of those interventions are known as:
a. scope of practice. b. advocacy. c. standard of care. d. prudent practice.
What is the disadvantage of using an event partitioning design? (Select all that apply.)
a. It avoids complicated statistical analyses. b. The validity of its results depends on the assumption the all persons in the study are similar. c. It does not require as much time for data collection as does a longitudinal study. d. It measures small increments of an intervention instead of the whole intervention. e. It makes the assumption that a key event continues to occur in the same way.
NP R 13) The nurse is caring for a client dx with flail chest who has a chest tube for 3 days. The nurse notes there is no tidaling in the water-seal compartment. Which initial action should be taken by the nurse?
a. Check the tubing for any dependent loops b. Auscultate the clients posterior breath sounds c. Prepare to move the clients chest tubes d. Notify the HCP that the lungs have re-expanded