A 45-year-old patient is ventilator dependent after a high cervical neck injury. He is conscious and competent and has decided that he wants to be removed from the ventilator. His family and the multidisciplinary team agree
The nurse believes the patient intends suicide, and would prefer he choose differently, but says nothing. The nurse remains at the bedside holding the patient's hand. In this instance the nurse is displaying which of the following?
1) Value set
2) Value system
3) Value neutrality
4) Value awareness
ANS: 3
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Explaining the present economic challenges to students in the community health course, the nurse educator would emphasize the importance of nurses' being familiar with which of the following?
A) Advances in science and technology B) Diagnostic-related groups (DRGs) C) Consumer representatives on governing boards of nursing associations and regulatory agencies D) Emphasis shift from inpatient to outpatient care
A patient is admitted to the labor unit with contractions 1–2 minutes apart lasting 60–90 seconds. The patient is apprehensive and irritable. This patient is most likely in what phase of labor?
1. Active 2. Transition 3. Latent 4. Second
The nurse is teaching a class on anthrax to a group of emergency response workers. The nurse plans to include which of the following?
A. Anthrax is a deadly bacterium; the most common and deadly form is gastrointestinal anthrax. B. Cutaneous anthrax is the most common form, but inhaled anthrax is the most lethal form. C. Anthrax most commonly affects wild rodents such as mice, rats, squirrels, and chipmunks. D. Cutaneous anthrax is serious because it quickly spreads by person-to-person contact.