A nurse notices that a client has injuries that suggest that she was fighting off an attacker. How should the nurse document these injuries?
A) Dicing injuries
B) Sharp force injuries
C) Patterned injuries
D) Defense wounds
D
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Which of the following interventions promotes mindful listening in any health care setting?
1. Telling the client to get off the phone 2. Encouraging the family to step outside before assessing the client 3. Turning off the television before interviewing a client 4. Asking clients what they would like to drink when taking medication
A 45-year-old woman is involved in a motor vehicle accident and sustains blunt trauma to her abdomen. The patient must be:
A) Ambulated immediately to expel flatus B) Placed in a Fowler's position C) Immobilized on a backboard D) Placed in a left lateral position
How does an experimental research design differ from a nonexperimental research design?
a. Experimental designs allow observation of a phenomenon as it naturally occurs, and nonexperimental designs permit environmental manipulation. b. Nonexperimental designs manipulate the dependent variable, and experimental designs manipulate the independent variable. c. Nonexperimental designs attempt to test differences among variables, and experimental designs attempt to establish cause-and-effect relationships. d. Experimental designs are scientific, and nonexperimental designs have no scientific basis.
A nurse is teaching the client self-care for a hordeolum. (Select all that apply.)
A. Massage the area over the stye. B. Apply the prescribed antibiotic ointment. C. Place an eye patch over the affected eye. D. Apply warm compresses four times daily. E. Lance the stye using a sterile needle. F. Irrigate the eye with warm, sterile, normal saline.