Turbulent blood flow within the heart is heard as a murmur. The cause of a murmur is:
A) Increased blood volume.
B) Constricted blood vessels.
C) Flow from a normal vessel to a dilated one.
D) All of the above.
D
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The nurse instructs the patient who has undergone eye surgery to avoid activities that would increase intraocular pressure, such as:
A) Cross-stitching B) Sitting upright C) Gazing upward D) Talking on the phone
A 75-year-old patient with presbycusis is fitted with binaural hearing aids. Which information will the nurse include when teaching the patient how to use the hearing aids?
a. Experiment with volume and hearing ability in a quiet environment initially. b. Keep the volume low on the hearing aids for the first week while adjusting to them. c. Add a second hearing aid after making the initial adjustment to the first hearing aid. d. Wear the hearing aids for about an hour a day at first, gradually increasing the time of use.
A caregiver asks the nurse to explain his infant's weight loss of 10% of birth weight, which occurred by the third or fourth day after birth
The nurse would explain that this weight loss is known as physiological weight loss and is due to which of the following causes? a. not being nourished any longer by the rich placenta b. the exhaustion of the baby after the birth experience c. the loss of extracellular fluid and meconium d. the time it takes to learn to suckle adequately
The nurse supervisor is speaking to the nurse managers regarding the organization's budget. Which of the following statements by a nurse manager indicates the need for further education?
1. "I can see how important it is to tie in my unit's budget with the organization's objectives." 2. "It doesn't matter when we do the budget. It just needs to be done at some point within the year." 3. "Every department has an individual operating budget based on the needs of that department." 4. "There is a system in place to ensure that the needs of the organization are met through policies that apply to every department."