Your agency uses electronic blood pressure equipment. Why do you still need to feel pulses?
a. The equipment may not be accurate.
b. The rate is given but not the rhythm or force.
c. To measure the pulse deficit.
d. To measure systole and diastole.
B
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As a concerned citizen and professional, a nurse encourages the local senators and representatives to support expansion of health clinics for the poverty stricken. Which of the following locations is in most desperate need?
a. Rural areas where migrant and seasonal farmworkers (MSFW) labor b. Inner city poverty-stricken neighborhoods c. Near elderly low-income housing units d. Inside high schools in poverty-stricken neighborhoods
The nurse is conducting research on violence in the community for a community health assessment. Which socioeconomic factors will the nurse include in the research? Select all that apply
1. Age 2. Race 3. Poverty 4. Inequality 5. Substance use
A nurse who pleads someone's cause or acts on someone's behalf is practicing her role as
A) counselor. B) communicator. C) teacher. D) advocacy.
To accurately use the otoscope, a nurse will:
a. Choose the smallest possible speculum. b. Strike the tuning fork briskly against a firm surface. c. Instruct the client to raise one finger when a sound is heard. d. Use the pneumatic attachment to observe for tympanic membrane fluctuation.