The nursing instructor is discussing assessment of the heart with students. A student states that he has a patient with a rushing vibration in the precordium that the student could feel and that it was in the area of the pulmonic valve
What should the instructor explain that the student is feeling?
A) A thrill
B) A thrust
C) A heave
D) A normal finding
A
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A) All alternative explanations of the results can be ruled out B) An experimental design was used C) Intervention fidelity was maintained D) A strong counterfactual was established
Identify the purposes of a health care record. (Select all that apply.)
a. Communication b. Legal documentation c. Reimbursement d. Education e. Research f. Nursing process
A new nurse is noted to spend most of her time in the office, the medication room, or the utility room, busying herself with doing "things." She is seldom found interacting with clients. How can the nurse mentor best help the new nurse?
1. Ask, "Do clients frighten you so much that you are hiding?" 2. Advise the new nurse to briefly approach each client on the unit. 3. State the expectation that the nurse will interact with two clients for a minimum of 15 minutes each, during the morning. 4. Advise the new nurse to employ autodiagnosis by asking, "What is wrong with me that I am not more effective in my interactions with clients?"
Which of the following statements regarding cholelithiasis is INCORRECT?
A. It occurs more frequently in women than men. B. Stones are frequently multiple. C. Bile supersaturated with cholesterol predisposes to biliary calculi. D. Gallstones blocking the cystic duct can cause obstructive jaundice.