From a Unitary Science perspective, nursing diagnoses are considered particularistic and reductionistic labels describing cause and effect (i.e., "related to") relationships inconsistent with a "nonlinear domain without spatial or temporal attributes
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
ANS: T
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his Aricept due to financial concerns. Based upon this information, what focal points should be included in the assessment? A) Assessment of cognitive decline B) Cardiovascular insufficiency C) Hyperreflexia D) Insomnia
A researcher plans to study graduate-level achievement in all students who were educated under the Vermont public school system, in a small town that used both state-mandated texts and enrichment texts of the school board's choosing
Considering the limitations to generalizability, how can the researcher justify conducting the study to the institutional review board? (Select all that apply.) a. The researcher does not have to justify conducting the study. It has not been performed before, and so there is a gap in the literature. b. The researcher could argue that if graduate-level achievement is markedly lower in this group, the results could cautiously suggest revision of the town's educational practices. c. The researcher could write a proposal to study all towns in Vermont, so as to have been generalizability, and then study only this one. d. The researcher could justify conducting the study on the basis that it might enlighten the public school system in its decisions to mandate chosen texts. e. The researcher could reason that if graduate-level achievement is markedly higher in this group, the results could cautiously suggest a similar educational approach for other similar communities.
The patient is receiving doxazosin (Cardura) for hypertension. He asks the nurse how the medication works. What is the nurse's best response?
1. "It works by causing your kidneys to excrete more urine." 2. "It works by making your heart work more efficiently." 3. "It works by making your blood vessels expand." 4. "It works by decreasing the release of your stress hormones."
A patient is taking amiodarone (Cordarone) for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and begins to complain of dizziness. What will the nurse instruct the patient to do?
a. Discontinue the medication immediately. b. Decrease the medication dosage for 1 week, and then resume the original order. c. Change positions slowly. d. Increase the dosage per health care provider directions.