A 23-year-old woman with partial and full thickness burns over 28% of her body is being treated with the "open method" of burn treatment. Select the nursing action that best helps prevent dis-comfort caused by air currents over the burn areas
a. Keeping her well sedated
b. Adding humidity to the room air
c. Supporting her upper limbs on a bed cradle
d. Keeping the doors and windows tightly closed in her room
D
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After three weeks of classroom and laboratory instruction, a group of nursing students are scheduled to begin their first clinical experience. What is the primary purpose of clinical instruction?
A) To supplement the material learned in classroom and laboratory settings B) To demonstrate that there is often a difference between theory and practice C) To give you practical experience in caring for people in healthcare settings D) To show you that study skills learned outside the healthcare setting can be applied at the bedside.
Some interventions are used in all types of shock. What is one of these interventions?
A) Aggressive hypoglycemic control B) Use of hypotonic IV fluids C) Early enteral nutritional support D) Maintaining the competence of the vascular system
Which statement by the nurse indicates understanding of collective bargaining in the workplace?
a. "Collective bargaining is not useful in the workplace.". b. "Collective bargaining is used by nurses to control their practice.". c. "Collective bargaining is used by manag-ers to control nurses.". d. "Collective bargaining is always an ad-versarial process in the workplace.".
Several weeks after a myocardial infarction, a client says to the nurse, "Why did this happen to me?" The nurse understands that an important milestone in recovery is:
a. understanding control of risk factors b. coming to terms with the behavioral changes c. understanding the cause of heart disease d. coming to terms with the meaning of the illness