The nurse labels a patient an alcoholic because of his ethnicity. This is called
1. Stereotyping
2. Prejudice
3. Racism
4. Ethnocentrism
ANS: 1
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The nurse is planning to delegate ambulation of the client to the unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP). In order to provide proper instructions to the UAP, which action by the nurse is the most appropriate?
1. Ambulating the client first and then having the UAP ambulate the client 2. Quizzing the UAP to assure appropriate understanding of how to ambulate the client 3. Assessing the client's ability to ambulate 4. Observing the client ambulating
Postpartal overdistention of the bladder and urinary retention can lead to which compli-cation?
a. Postpartum hemorrhage and eclampsia b. Fever and increased blood pressure c. Postpartum hemorrhage and urinary tract infection d. Urinary tract infection and uterine rupture
The nurse is planning care for an older patient with heart failure who is experiencing shortness of breath. Upon assessment, the patient stated the inability to purchase medication because of financial limits. Which nursing diagnoses will be of the greatest initial importance when planning care?
1. Fluid volume excess 2. Activity intolerance related to shortness of breath 3. Powerlessness related to lack of financial resources 4. Ineffective management of therapeutic regimen related to the inability to purchase medications
In nonrecursive models there is no attempt to model reciprocal causation
A) True B) False