Which of the following skills will a nurse need to provide high-touch, high-tech patient care?
a. Self-reliance
b. Mastering the sick-care model
c. Speed to conduct fast Internet searches
d. Typing
A
Nurses will need to be self-reliant, independent, and well-equipped with high-touch, high-tech skills as related to critical thinking, decision-making, and problem-solving.
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A) Schizoid personality disorder B) Dependent personality disorder C) Schizotypal personality disorder D) Paranoid personality disorder
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a. Admiration, but also jealousy, among friends who do not have an infant b. Greater risk of poverty for her and her infant c. Increased risk of lower education and fewer employment choices d. Loss of friends and peers who get tired of baby-sitting e. Marriage to a man whom she does not love f. Upset family dynamics as the infant's grandparents assist with child care
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a. Serum sodium and potassium increase b. Serum sodium and potassium decrease. c. Edema and arterial blood gases improve. d. Diuresis occurs and hematocrit decreases.
Using a stepwise approach to managing asthma, a nurse teaches a patient who is at step 1 to use albuterol MDI [Proventil] at which of these times?
A. Whenever needed (PRN) as a quick-relief agent B. Twice daily combined with an inhaled glucocorticoid C. Only with a long-acting beta2 agonist (LABA) D. If nighttime awakenings occur more than 2 days a week