A newborn is challenged to maintain an adequate body temperature. If a baby is placed too close to a cold air vent, the nurse can assume that the infant will lose heat by which mechanism?
A) Conduction
B) Convection
C) Radiation
D) Evaporation
Ans: B
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An inmate with schizophrenia does not respond when the guard tells him to ask the desk officer for a mop and bucket, then get water from the shower area and mop the center aisle. The guard becomes angry and cancels the inmate's recreation break
Which response by the corrections nurse would be most appropriate? a. Document the patient's response as indicating that he is resistant and would benefit from a behavior modification plan. b. Suggest to the jail psychiatrist that when he next does rounds, he reevaluate the patient's medications and talk to the inmate about cooperating. c. Explain to the guard that schizophrenia makes it hard to follow multistep instructions, and suggest assigning one action at a time. d. Do not intervene, because it would be inappropriate for a corrections nurse to serve as a patient advocate.
A middle-aged male walks into the emergency department complaining of chest pain radiating to the neck, shortness of breath, and nausea
His heart rate is 120 and BP is 94/60. The ED physician recognizes the patient is having an acute MI with decreased cardiac output. The nurse identifies the nausea to be in response to A) the patient not having a very high pain tolerance. B) hypoxia exerting a direct effect on the chemoreceptor trigger zone. C) the patient not having digested his meal completely. D) fear of having to make major lifestyle changes.
The social desirability response set bias is least likely to be a problem on scales incorporated into which of the following?
A) Mailed anonymous questionnaires B) Face-to-face interviews C) Telephone interviews D) All options are equally susceptible
A client has just gotten out of bed to go to the bathroom. As the nurse enters the room, the client states, "I feel dizzy." Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?
a. Go for help. b. Take the client's blood pressure. c. Assist the client to sit or lie down. d. Tell the client to take deep breaths.