You should check the pulse of an unconscious patient at the
A) temporal artery.
B) carotid artery.
C) femoral artery.
D) radial artery.
B
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Which indicates a weakness of a functional structure in a long-term care facility?
1. All nursing tasks fall under the nursing department. 2. The dietary department is responsible for nutritional assessment. 3. Physical and occupational therapy coordinate and evaluate activities of daily living. 4. The nursing department is responsible for writing the care plan.
The nurse is caring for an infant girl with a suspected cardiovascular disorder. Which of the following statements by the mother would warrant further investigation?
A) "My baby does not make any grunting noises." B) "The baby seems more comfortable over my shoulder." C) "The baby gulps down all of her bottle." D) "I don't notice any rapid breathing patterns."
The nurse needs to locate external evidence to support evidence-based practice interventions for a patient's care. What action indicates that the nurse maximized the use of technology to locate this evidence?
1. The nurse focused the search on appropriate and applicable nursing diagnoses. 2. The nurse identified specific data points when searching a clinical guidelines website. 3. The nurse input medical subject heading terms when searching through a database. 4. The nurse emphasized the expected patient outcomes when searching through a database.
The nurse is reviewing information collected while providing client care. Which findings should the nurse identify as being a homeostatic mechanism?
1. The client's heart rate increases when walking up a flight of stairs. 2. The client shivers when core body temperature drops. 3. A child's bone growth occurs in spurts. 4. Decreased secretion of insulin occurs when food is not ingested. 5. Lactation occurs in a pregnant woman.