With which client should you always be alert for the possibility of pulmonary problems or pulmonary complications?
A. African Americans
B. Native Americans
C. Asians
D. Whites
B
Native Americans have smaller chest volumes for their body size than the other racial groups listed. In addition, a genetic deficiency of the enzyme alpha1-antitrypsin is very common in Na-tive Americans.
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During your preoperative teaching, you know to include exercise of the extremities. What is the purpose of teaching a patient leg exercises prior to surgery?
A) Leg exercises increase the patient's appetite postoperatively. B) Leg exercises improve circulation and prevent blood clots. C) Leg exercises help to prevent pressure sores to the sacrum. D) Leg exercise help increase the patient's level of consciousness after surgery.
On admission to the emergency department the burned client's blood pressure is 90/60, with an apical pulse rate of 122 . These findings are an expected result of what thermal in-jury–related response?
A. Fluid shift B. Intense pain C. Hemorrhage D. Carbon monoxide poisoning
The nurse plans care for a hospitalized patient who uses culturally based treatments. Which action by the nurse is best?
a. Encourage the use of diagnostic procedures. b. Coordinate the use of folk treatments with ordered medical therapies. c. Ask the patient to discontinue the cultural treatments during hospitalization. d. Teach the patient that folk remedies will interfere with orders by the health care provider.
Quantitative researchers focus on concrete concepts, while qualitative researchers study abstract constructs
A) True B) False