The nurse instructs that the "6 Ps" of arterial disease include: (Select all that apply.)
a. pain.
b. paresthesia.
c. putrefaction.
d. pooling.
e. pallor.
A, B, E
The classic 6 Ps of arterial disease are pain, pulselessness, poikilothermia (coldness), pallor, pa-resthesias, and paralysis.
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A client is admitted with purpura and blood in the urine and stool. The nurse reviews the ordered blood work and suspects that the client might be experiencing:
1. An increased red blood cell count. 2. Decreased monocytes. 3. Increased eosinophils. 4. Decreased platelets.
A staff nurse overhears a health care professional use coercion to make a patient agree to participate in a research study. What should the staff nurse do?
a. Confront the researcher with concerns. b. Document suspicions in the patient's medical record. c. Contact the hospital's Institutional Review Board. d. Secretly tape-record the researcher's interaction with a potential subject.