Nursing interventions toward preventing injury to the client during acute substance withdrawal may include what?
A) Perform seizure precautions every 15 minutes.
B) Perform seizure precautions every 30 minutes.
C) Perform seizure precautions every 1 hour.
D) Perform seizure precautions every shift.
A
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A) Vasoconstriction B) Vasodilatation C) Vascular compression D) Atherosclerosis
Dependability in qualitative research is considered the analog of which criterion in quantitative research?
A) Internal validity B) Construct validity C) Reliability D) Specificity
What is the most appropriate nursing diagnosis for a patient who has had nose surgery?
a. Risk for imbalanced body temperature b. Social isolation c. Decreased cardiac output d. Risk for activity intolerance
The correctional nurse has drawn blood from an inmate who has experienced gastrointestinal bleeding
While performing the venipuncture, the nurse told the inmate the blood was being drawn for the purposes of evaluating the inmate's hemoglobin and hematocrit. Can the blood also be used to screen the inmate for drug usage? 1. No, the blood can be used only for the determination of medical diagnosis. 2. Yes, the inmate signs away all rights to privacy when incarcerated. 3. Yes, as long as the nurse suspects the inmate of drug use. 4. No, the laboratory will not accept this blood drawn and will insist that the blood be drawn again by a laboratory technician.