Nursing, to a professional, is a career plan, a central part of his or her core being, and caring is the __________ __________
Fill in the blank with correct word
behavioral outcome
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The nurse is caring for a school-aged child who had a bone marrow transplant for the treatment of leukemia several weeks ago. The child requires protective isolation. Which statement by the child's family indicates understanding of this type of isolation?
A) "We will encourage oral hygiene twice a day. B) "We will encourage meticulous hand washing among all people in contact with our child." C) "You will have to administer all medications by IM injection." D) "It will be important to restrict all visitors."
To test for a positive Trousseau's sign indicating hypocalcemia, the nurse would need which piece of equipment?
1. Percussion hammer 2. Penlight 3. Blood pressure cuff 4. Doppler
Before applying moist heat or cold applications, you need to:
a. Measure water temperature b. Measure water depth c. Measure and record the amount of water as intake d. Show the person how to change the tem-perature
A patient with lung cancer who is scheduled to begin a course of radiation therapy asks the nurse, "How will they know if I'm cured?" The nurse's best response is based on which understanding of the disease process?
a. Lung cancer is never a curable disease; prolonged life is the goal. b. Eighty percent of lung cancers are curable with radiation therapy. c. Radiation in lung cancer is most often used to increase comfort, not cure disease. d. Radiation therapy reduces inflammation; chemotherapy is used to shrink the tumor.