A patient is unconscious. You need to assume that the person can:
a. Hear you
b. See you
c. Respond to you
d. Smell
A
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a. apply dressings. b. cover with a blanket. c. cool the burn immediately. d. apply topical ointment.
The nurse is caring for a patient who experienced a blast injury to the eye. Which intervention would be appropriate?
1. Flush the eye with eyewash. 2. Encourage the patient to rub the eye to get out specks of dust. 3. Apply a warm compress to the eye. 4. Remove debris lodged in the eye.
The multidrug resistance gene (MDR-1) codes for a transporter that pumps which of these drugs out of cancer cells, making them resistant to therapy. This is true for resistance to
A. paclitaxel B. bleomycin C. both A AND B D. neither A NOR B
Evan is a psychiatric–mental health nurse who has been providing inpatient care for Gordon, an adult male client, for several weeks. Which of the Gordon's recent statements would suggest the presence of transference?
A) "You have to watch out for people with sticky fingers around here; my stuff's always disappearing." B) "My meds are making things worse for me, not better." C) "Most of the nurses here are great, but Evan doesn't have a clue what he's doing." D) "I'm certain I'd be feeling better if was transferred to a different hospital."