A student nurse is learning to assess blood pressure. What does the blood pressure measure?
a. flow of blod through the circulation
b. force of blood against arterial walls
c. force of blood against venous walls
d. flow of blood through the heart
Ans: b. force of blood against arterial walls
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Which of the following best describes the typical perpetrator of homicide?
a. A person trying to engage in rape with the woman fighting back b. A person who wanted money and she refused to give it to him c. A stranger d. An intimate partner
The nursing instructor is preparing material for an introduction to nursing class. In which order should the instructor present events that affected nursing practice?
1. Nurse registration laws present in all states. 2. ANA published the Nursing Practice Act. 3. ANA published the Nursing Disciplinary Diversion Act. 4. Nursing licensure module legislation developed. 5. Model Nursing Practice Act revised for background checks. 6. Uniform licensure requirements published.
Fraud, invasion of privacy, assault, battery, and false imprisonment are examples of:
a. intentional torts. c. unintentional torts. b. malpractice. d. negligence.
A researcher conducts a quasi-experimental study to determine whether there is improved weight gain among premature infants who are fed according to cue-based protocols. The researcher trained neonatal intensive care nurses to apply cue-based feeding to orally fed infants and notes a statistical difference in weight gain between infants fed according to cue-based protocols and those fed according to standard protocols. Which might be a threat to internal validity in this study?
a. The concept of cue-based feeding is not well defined. b. The study sample is homogeneous. c. Some infants developed gastroenteritis. d. Not all nurses received cue-based protocol education.