What action should the nurse implement to reduce the risk for a hemolytic transfusion reaction?
A. Observe the IV site for signs of infiltration
B. Hang the blood as soon as it arrives on the unit
C. Gently rotate the unit of blood being spiking
D. Verify the blood type and Rh factor with another nurse
Answer: D. Verify the blood type and Rh factor with another nurse
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A) Maintaining a patent airway B) Preventing the need for suctioning C) Decreasing the patient's time on the ventilator D) Increasing the patient's lung compliance
Intervention research shifts the focus from causal connection to causal explanation. What does this mean?
a. It allows correlational research determining connection to stand in the place of causal explanation. b. It provides theoretical explanations of why an independent variable produces an effect, rather than merely reporting findings. c. It may use studies that establish causal connection as impetus points, but it proceeds on to descriptive research whenever possible, to explain. d. It utilizes experimental research, whenever possible, to establish cause definitively.
Many outdoor air contaminants originate from various sources. The PHN recognizes that sources such as gas stations, dry cleaners, commercial building heating and cooling systems, and waste disposal facilities are referred to as
A. Criteria air pollutants B. Area sources C. Mobile sources D. Point sources
A nurse working at a PHD received a phone call from a coworker who works on the labor and delivery floor at the local hospital. The coworker reports that they are seeing many more women and their children coming into the hospital with inadequate nutrition
They wish to partner with the PHD on a project that addresses this issue. Where should they begin? A. Perform a community and cultural assessment to understand the community in which they are working. B. Send a questionnaire to all of these women to see why they aren't utilizing Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and other governmental services. C. Place flyers for the WIC program in local physician's office and the lobby of the hospital. D. Sign up all women who deliver at the hospital for home visits after discharge from the hospital so their home nutrition habits can be assessed.