The nurse assesses a patient's blood pressure, which was 160/90. Two hours following the administration of hydrochlorothiazide, the nurse reassesses the blood pressure at 140/78. This nursing action is
A) Evaluation
B) Assessment
C) Planning
D) Implementation
Ans: B
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A 45-year-old woman presents to the emergency department complaining of chest pain and feeling anxious. She asks to have an electrocardiogram (EKG) but is told that "heart disease is a man's disease" and is given a prescription for lorazepam (Ativan)
What can the nurse conclude? A. If the woman were older, she may have received an EKG. B. Sex hormones play a powerful role in determining heart disease. C. Stereotyping seriously impacted the care the woman received. D. Women under the age of 45 are at low risk of having heart disease.
Bariatric surgery is now an accepted treatment for people with which of the following?
A. Poor body image B. BMI over 40 C. Untreatable bulimia D. BMI of 25 with diabetes
A student nurse wants to meet other nursing students from different countries and to learn of employment possibilities. The student nurse should:
a. participate in the clinical facility's employee satisfaction task force. b. join the Student Nurses Association. c. take part in self-mentoring. d. postpone taking the licensure examination so he or she can take a tour of foreign countries.
The nurse is teaching a nursing student the correct technique for assessing an apical pulse. Which method when used by the student demonstrates she knows the correct location to take an adult patient's apical pulse?
a. Percusses the left ventricular wall b. Palpates along the left sternal border c. Directs the patient to lie in a supine posi-tion d. Listens at the fifth intercostal space at the point of maximal impulse (PMI)