A decrease in tongue strength is noted on examination of a client. The nurse interprets this as indicating a problem with which cranial nerve?
A) III
B) VI
C) VIII
D) XII
D
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A nurse is mentoring a male colleague who has just been appointed nurse manager. Which behavior can the nurse expect this male colleague to exhibit?
1. Men focus more on the issue than on personal experience. 2. Men strive to reach consensus within the group. 3. Men strive to avoid conflict within the group. 4. Men prefer to ask questions instead of make statements.
A client who has an indwelling urinary catheter develops increased sediment in the drainage tubing, and a catheter irrigation is prescribed
Before the irrigating solution is introduced into the catheter, the nurse must FIRST do which of the following actions? a. Insert the tip of the irrigating syringe into the catheter; then fill it with 60 cc of solution. b. Disinfect the connection between the catheter and drainage tubing before separating them. c. Separate the catheter and drainage tubing, and let the catheter drain to empty the bladder. d. Remove the current catheter; then reinsert another catheter before starting the procedure.
The nurse researcher is planning a study in which subjects will not be randomly assigned to groups. Which type of design would be appropriate for this study?
a. Nonequivalent control group design b. Posttest only control group design c. Solomon four-group design d. True experimental design
Which of the following is an example of a research question based on a clinical problem?
a. Published observations of a nurse who practiced many years in elder care b. Nursing intuition about what measures are most useful with anxious patients before surgery c. Stories of a flight nurse's experiences with posttraumatic stress disorder d. Relationship between hours of bright light and irritability of preterm infants