What regulates the rate and force of heart contractions?
A. The somatic nervous system
B. The cerebellum
C. The central nervous system
D. The autonomic nervous system
Answer: D
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The nurse is teaching a patient with allergic rhinitis about the safe and effective use of his medications. What would be the most essential information to give this patient about preventing possible drug interactions?
A) Prescription medications can be safely supplemented with OTC medications. B) Use only one pharmacy so the pharmacist can check drug interactions. C) Read drug labels carefully before taking OTC medications. D) Consult the Internet before selecting an OTC medication.
Several nurses at Hospital X are concerned that agency policies related to restraint and seclusion and
documentation practices are inadequate. The understanding about the relation of substandard institutional policies and individual nursing practice that should guide nursing practice is a. the policies do not absolve the individual nurse of the responsibility to practice according to professional standards of nursing care. b. agency policies are considered by the courts to be the legal standard by which the professional nurse must act and therefore override the American Nurses Association standards of care. c. in an institution with substandard policies, the nurse has a responsibility to inform the supervisor and leave the premises without delay. d. interpretation by the judicial system will be rendered on an individual basis and therefore cannot be predicted.
An infant is born with a gastroschisis. Care preoperatively should include which priority intervention?
a. Prone position b. Sterile water feedings c. Monitoring serum laboratory electrolytes d. Covering the defect with a sterile bowel bag
With the rise of violence in the psychiatric department, the nurse manager decides that she should work with the risk manager in violence prevention. The nurse manager should:
a. Request all staff to accept new risk management practices. b. Hold staff accountable for safe practices. c. Document inappropriate behavior. d. Hire more police security.