An episode of asthma that does not respond to ordinary therapeutic measure is called:
What will be an ideal response?
Status asthmaticus
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The nurse has just completed an assessment on a patient with a fractured right femur. Which data will the nurse categorize as objective?
a. The patient's toes of right foot are warm and pink. b. The patient reports a dull ache in the right hip. c. The patient says feels tired all the time. d. The patient is concerned about insurance coverage.
The use of moral reasoning to resolve problems raised by the health care field and life sciences is called:
a. scientific ethics c. bioethics b. health care ethics d. cyroethics
A child needs a breathing treatment and suctioning to produce a sputum specimen. Which is cor-rect?
a. You can give the breathing treatment. b. An RN or respiratory therapist tells you what breathing treatment to give. c. The nurse suctions the trachea for the specimen. d. You can assist by suctioning the trachea.
A psychiatric nurse is participating in a research study that is examining the effectiveness of a new psychotropic medication
Neither the nurse nor the clients know whether or not a given dose of the medication is the experimental medication or a placebo. This is an example of which type of study? a. blinded clinical trial b. cohort study c. quasi-experimental d. double-blinded trial