In treating a person outside of a medical facility, a nurse knows that immediate circulatory support for the vital organs must begin as quickly as possible because, without oxygen, the brain cells will begin to die in how many minutes?
a. 4
b. 6
c. 14
d. 24
A
Brain cells must have oxygen to live; they are very sensitive to lack of oxygen and begin to die in 4 minutes.
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a. Meta-analysis of randomized control trials b. Opinion of an expert committee c. One well-designed randomized control trial d. Systematic review of descriptive and qua-litative studies
Observational methods are appropriate with which of the following research approaches?
A) Descriptive naturalistic B) Experimental C) Correlational D) All of the above
The levels of prevention are often addressed in nursing centers. If a community conducts blood lead screenings on a regular basis for children under 6 years old, this would be consi-dered:
1. Tertiary prevention 2. Primary prevention 3. Secondary prevention 4. Health education
To increase the awareness of pain treatment among health care professionals, the American Pain Society coined which phrase?
1. "Pain: Assess daily" 2. "Pain: Optimum pain relief" 3. "Pain: The fifth vital sign" 4. "Pain: Obtain relief"