What national organizations can nurses use to locate EBP resources and EBP-based clinical guidelines?
a. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, National Institute of Nursing Research, National Nursing Practice Network, and specialty nursing organizations.
b. National Institutes of Health and regional resource centers.
c. American Nurses Credentialing Center and the American Nurses Association.
d. Department of Health and Human Services, Sigma Theta Tau International, and the Joanna Briggs Institute.
a. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, National Institute of Nursing Research, National Nursing Practice Network, and specialty nursing organizations.
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a. "A genogram helps you see how some problems run in families. Your children will need to know this." b. "If you're willing to share, we can discuss family history and possibly some hereditary health issues." c. "Please be assured you don't have to answer any question you don't want to answer." d. "Why would you want to keep your family members secret? Is there some problem?"
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A) Pheochromocytoma B) Wilms' tumor C) Astrocytoma D) Lymphoma
The client has just completed genetic testing and received a negative result. The client tells the nurse that he feels guilty because so many of his family members are carriers of a genetic disease but he is not
What is the nurse's best response? a. Make certain that the client recognizes that although he is not a carrier of the dis-ease, he could still be symptomatic. b. Encourage the client to undergo a second round of testing to verify that the result was accurate. c. Arrange for the client to undergo coun-seling and offer support to him during this time. d. Emphasize to the client the importance of revealing his test results to other family members.
The nurse is caring for a patient with disseminated intravascular coagulation who is bleeding from the gastrointestinal tract with a platelet count of 45,000. Which of the following would be indicated to treat this patient?
1. heparin 2. coumadin 3. intravenous platelets 4. aspirin