A client is planning on traveling to tropical South America. The nurse counsels the client to pursue which vaccine?
a. Tetanus
b. Pertussis
c. Polio
d. Yellow fever
ANS: D
A client traveling to this area is at risk for yellow fever.
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A nurse researcher proposes a study of teenage mothers and their experience with postpartum depression. Which of these considerations would affect the feasibility of the study?
a. Availability of participants b. Direction of the hypotheses c. Gaps in the literature d. Design of the study
A nursing manager wants the unit staff to become more involved in research. The staff nurses say they are not qualified to conduct research. Which response by the manager is best?
a. "You need a basic understanding of the research process because you should be good consumers of research." b. "At the staff nurse level, you can assist with clinical studies by doing data collection." c. "A baccalaureate-prepared nurse should be able to design simple studies." d. "If we all work on this together, we can design and implement good research studies."
A nurse is working with a local agency to provide care to the inadequately insured by helping to staff an after-hours clinic. This nurse is demonstrating which value of client advocacy?
1. The client has the right to make choices and decisions. 2. The client has the right to expect a nurse–client relationship based on shared respect. 3. The nurse has the responsibility to ensure the client has access to health care services 4. The nurse has the responsibility to to make choices and decisions.
The nurse reinforces teaching for a patient who has been scheduled for an upper gastrointestinal (GI) series. Which of the following statements, by the patient, indicates teaching has been effec-tive?
a. "I must not eat or drink for 4 hours after the procedure." b. "I can't have anything to eat or drink for 6 to 8 hours before the procedure." c. "I should eat a soft diet the night before the procedure." d. "I'll be given a clear liquid diet the night after the procedure."