A nurse is assessing viatl signs on several hospitalized children. The nurse would plan to use the oral route to assess temperature for which patient?
a. 6 month old infant
b. patient receiving oxygen therapy by mask
c. 15 year old healthy adolescent
d. unconcious patient
Ans: c. 15 year old healthy adolescent
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a. Education for nursing should take place in hospital-based programs. b. Minimum preparation for professional nursing practice should be the BSN degree. c. Minimum preparation for technical nursing practice should be the licensed practical/vocation nurse (LPN/LVN) diploma. d. Education for nursing must be evidence-based.
Which will prevent suffocation?
a. Using bed rails incorrectly b. Leaving a person unattended in the bath-tub c. Reporting teeth which have been lost d. Positioning the person in bed properly
To meet a client's needs, it is sometimes necessary to integrate into the client's care a cultu-rally relevant practice that lacks scientific utility. This is known as:
1. Cultural accommodation 2. Cultural brokering 3. Cultural preservation 4. Cultural repatterning
To avoid legal risks and possible lack of confidentiality associated with computerized documentation, which of the following statements is true of many current software programs?
a. All nursing staff use the same access code. b. Only centralized medical records use the patient data. c. Thumbprint identification restrictions are in place. d. Staff password changes are periodically required.