A patient was admitted to the emergency department for treatment of a severe infection. Which traditional assessment would raise the nurse's concern that this patient may be developing shock?
1. Hot, dry skin
2. Respiratory rate 11
3. Pulse rate 118 and weak
4. Anxiety
Answer: 3
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a. exhibitionism. b. voyeurism. c. frotteurism. d. fetishism.
Following a kidney transplant, which specific food on the client's meal tray should be removed?
a. steamed broccoli b. fresh, washed bean sprouts c. commercially prepared pudding d. low-fat chocolate milkshake from an ice cream shop
The patient has been in the ICU following an acute myocardial infarction 3 days earlier. During an initial assessment of the patient, the nurse detects a heart murmur that the patient did not have previously. The nurse should __________________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Which of the following was considered to be the main driving force for the modernization of nursing?
a. Globalization b. The Crimean War c. Missionary nursing d. The women's suffrage movement