A nurse is caring for a client with a head injury. What sign of rising intracranial pressure
should the assigned nurse monitor in such a client?
A) Excessive perspiration
B) Persistent vomiting
C) Falling blood pressure (BP)
D) Falling body temperature
B
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When assessing a patient's pain, the nurse knows that an example of visceral pain would be:
a. Hip fracture. b. Cholecystitis. c. Second-degree burns. d. Pain after a leg amputation.
A medication station that dispenses medicine after being accessed from a computer screen is called _____________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
A middle-aged woman will soon begin treatment for a gastric tumor that has just been discovered by endoscopy
The woman's natural killer (NK) cells are already actively opposing the tumor cells, because the tumor cells lack "self" markers of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I. This aspect of the patient's immune response is characteristic of: A) Active immunity B) Humoral immunity C) Phagocytic immunity D) Natural immunity
Which of the following best describes the meaning of the term "theory"?
a. A set of beliefs about the nature of how things work and how the world should be viewed b. A group of related concepts, definitions, and statements that describe a certain view of nursing phenomena from which to describe or predict outcomes c. An organizational structure that outlines concrete connections between concepts d. Statements that describe linkages between concepts and propose a testable outcome