A researcher wants to determine if nurses' levels of empathy for patients change after graduation from nursing school
The following groups are measured: new graduates, nurses who have worked for 2 years, and nurses who have worked for 5 years, on empathy toward patients with a comparison of scores. This study is:
A. prospective.
B. retrospective.
C. cross-sectional.
D. experimental.
C
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The nurse understands that the document he/she can use to plan community teaching projects addressing the federal population-based health objectives is
a. Healthy People 2010. b. Nursing's Agenda for Healthcare. c. the federal Medicare/Medicaid Acts. d. the Goldmark Report.
How should nurses counsel parents in order to decrease the leading cause of death for children
ages 1-5 years? A) Participate in community-based efforts such as folic acid supplementation and anti-smoking and anti-drug campaigns for pregnant women to prevent congenital anomalies. B) Use properly installed, federally approved seats whenever the child is riding in a motor vehicle. C) Schedule yearly well-checks with their primary care provider to assure early diagnosis of childhood cancer. D) Support health policy efforts to provide regular screening of small children for asthma.
A new parent asks the nurse when her infant will receive the hepatitis A vaccine. How should the nurse reply?
1. "We will give the first dose before you take your baby home from the newborn nursery." 2. "It will be included in the series of immunizations given at 2 months, 4 months, and 6 months." 3. "Your child will receive the first dose at 12 months." 4. "Not until school age." 5. "About 6 to 12 months after the initial vaccine, a booster will be given."
A client is admitted to the healthcare facility with severe dehydration. Based on this information, what would the nurse anticipate as the best value of urinary specific gravity in such a case?
A) 1.005 B) 1.010 C) 1.020 D) 1.030