A nurse is comparing physical growth patterns between school-aged children and adolescents. Which principle should the nurse consider?
a. Physical growth usually slows during the adolescent period.
b. Secondary sex characteristics usually develop during the adolescent years.
c. Boys usually exceed girls in height and weight by the end of the school years.
d. The distribution of muscle and fat remains constant during the adolescent years.
ANS: B
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A nurse is educating an older adult with diabetes on glucose self-monitoring. When developing the teaching plan, the nurse includes which of the following goals in the teaching plan? The pa-tient will: (Select all that apply.)
a. demonstrate the technique for obtaining a blood sample. b. verbalize actions to take when results in-dicate an error on the machine. c. state the correct timing of blood glucose monitoring. d. state the signs and symptoms of both hy-perglycemia and hypoglycemia. e. demonstrate technique for storing and transporting insulin correctly.
A patient with a C5 spinal cord injury is tetraplegic. After being moved out of the intensive care unit, the patient complains of a severe throbbing headache. What should the nurse do first?
A) Check the patient's indwelling urinary catheter for kinks to ensure patency. B) Lower the head of the bed to improve perfusion. C) Call the physician immediately for a pain medication order. D) Reassure the patient that headaches are normal after spinal cord injuries.
Which are effective ways to help prevent medication errors? (Select all that apply.)
a. Developing nonpunitive approaches to track errors b. Focusing on caregivers who make errors c. Helping patients to be active, informed members of the healthcare team d. Naming, blaming, and shaming those who make errors e. Using electronic medical order entry systems
The nurses on a critical care unit can utilize the safety strategy of redundancy by:
A) having two nurses independently check the dosage of high-risk medications. B) ensuring the antidotes are readily available for certain high-risk medications. C) introducing equipment that makes it more difficult for a nurse to commit an error. D) introducing a brief waiting period between the time that a medication is ordered and the time that it is administered.