A patient with a lung infection has blood-tinged sputum. What term should the nurse use to document this finding?
a. Hypoxemia
b. Hemoptysis
c. Hypercarbia
d. Hematemesis
ANS: B
Hemoptysis is blood-tinged sputum. D. Hematemesis is bloody emesis. A. Hypoxemia is low blood oxygen. C. Hypercarbia is high blood carbon dioxide.
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A) learn the fire and safety regulations of the hospital. B) apply physical restraints to elderly patients at night. C) keep all bed rails raised at all times. D) make sure that patients are aware of needles that are left at the bedside.
One of the biggest differences between medical and nursing models is that medical models
a. focus on preventing disease b. focus on maintaining health c. are devoted to curing diseases and restoring health d. are concerned with the interrelationships between body, mind, and spirit
Nursing assistants should always support the resident in disputes with other family members
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
A nurse hears a co-worker state that anybody could be a nurse since it is so automated with infusion devices and electronic monitoring; technology is doing the work. What is the nurse's best response?
a. "Technology use has to be combined with nursing judgment." b. "The focus of effective nursing care is technology." c. "If it's so easy, why don't you do it?" d. "That is true in the 20th century."