The ____________________ tube is surgically inserted by the physician by threading the tube through the patient's mouth and into the stomach.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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The nurse should recognize that this patient is at risk of developing: A) Epistaxis B) Rhinosinusitis C) Epiglottitis D) Allergic rhinitis
In January 2000, over 1,500 people gathered in Washington, D.C., to discuss health concerns of the people of the United States. What was the result of this meeting?
a. Healthy People 2000 c. Healthy People 2010 b. the report Crossing the Quality Chasm d. 100,000 Lives Campaign
Your supervisor asks you to identify the correct order of occurrence in the cultural competence continuum. Which response would indicate that you understand?
a. Cultural blindness, incapacity, destructive-ness, pre-competence, competence, profi-ciency b. Cultural destructiveness, blindness, incapacity, pre-competence, proficiency, competence c. Cultural destructiveness, incapacity, blind-ness, pre-competence, competence, profi-ciency d. Cultural destructiveness, blindness, profi-ciency, competence, pre-competence, inca-pacity
The nurse on a medical-surgical unit palpates a patient's carotid pulse for 30 seconds and obtains a rate of 80 beats/min. The nurse knows in obtaining a patient's carotid pulse she must be careful that her technique does not cause a/an:
a. Increase in heart rate b. Decrease in heart rate c. Increase in blood pressure d. Irregular heart rhythm