Studying the history of nursing is important because it helps us:
A) Appreciate our professional heritage
B) Understand how nursing developed as a profession
C) Avoid making the same mistakes over and over again
D) All of the above
D
All of the above
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When patients do not understand the information provided with their medication, whose responsibility is it to help them sort through and comprehend the meaning?
A) Care giver B) Nurse C) Patient D) Physician
A physician prescribes diuretic therapy to a client with nephrotic syndrome. The nurse suspects that the client is hyponatremic based on assessment of which of the following?
A) Paresthesias B) Tremors C) Visual hallucination D) Tachycardia
What should be the first course of action of the nurse when treating a client with tachypnea and circumoral paresthesias?
A) Stop mechanical ventilation. B) Administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). C) Give a dose of aspirin. D) Find and correct the cause of tachypnea.
The nurse interviews a patient who restricts food and is 25% underweight. The patient says, "I still need to lose weight. I'm not thin enough." The patient is using which defense mechanism?
a. Rationalization b. Projection c. Splitting d. Denial