The nurse observes an acutely psychotic client scratching his arms with his fingernails until his arms bleed. When asked what is happening, the client states he is trying to let the evil spirits out of his body
He is easily redirected by the nurse but resumes scratching when the nurse leaves his side. The nurse orders 1:1 supervision of the client to keep him from harming himself. Which principle of bioethics was applied in this situation? A) Beneficence B) Fidelity C) Justice D) Veracity
A
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A newborn has a blood glucose level of 188 mg/dL. What further assessment on this baby takes priority?
A. Airway status B. Breathing status C. Circulatory status D. Skin status
The nurse educator is reading a published study conducted to collect data on the process by which student nurses are evaluated during a clinical rotation. Which data collection method would this educator recognize as appropriate for this study?
1. Questionnaire. 2. Q sort. 3. Interview. 4. Observation.
When describing the neurologic development of a newborn to his parents, the nurse would explain that it occurs in which fashion?
A) Head-to-toe B) Lateral-to-medial C) Outward-to-inward D) Distal-caudal
A patient arrives in the ear, nose, and throat clinic complaining of a piece of tissue being "stuck up my nose" and with foul-smelling nasal drainage from the right nare. Which action should the nurse take first?
a. Notify the clinic health care provider. b. Obtain aerobic culture specimens of the drainage. c. Ask the patient about how the cotton got into the nose. d. Have the patient occlude the left nare and blow the nose.