The nurse is teaching patients about self-injection of insulin. Which statement is true regarding injection sites?
a. Avoid the abdomen because absorption there is irregular.
b. Choose a different site at random for each injection.
c. Give the injection in the same area each time.
d. Rotate sites within the same location for about 1 week before rotating to a new location.
ANS: D
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a. Has adequate time been allowed to fully understand the phenomenon? b. Are the results meaningful to individuals not involved in the research? c. Does the investigator document the research process? d. What is the projected significance of the research to nursing?
The laboring client presses the call light and reports that her water just broke. The nurse's first action should be to:
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A nurse asks a client to say "ninety-nine" as the nurse palpates the posterior thorax. The nurse is assessing which of the following?
A) Fremitus B) Egophony C) Chest expansion D) Bronchophony