When doing a shift assessment on a new patient, the nurse notes that the popliteal pulses are within normal limits (WNL). How would the nurse chart this?
A) Popliteal pulses 1-2+
B) Pulses 2-3+
C) Pulses 3-4+
D) Popliteal pulses 4+
B
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A client has many relatives in the three-generation pedigree who are or were substance abusers. The client says, "I don't understand all the emphasis on what my ancestors did. I don't abuse anything." How should the nurse respond?
1. "We are trying to develop screening tests for substance abuse tendency, and your family history is very interesting to us." 2. "Your history would help guide medication therapy if you ever became a substance abuser." 3. "Knowing your family history gives you advance notice to improve your coping skills and learn to manage your stress." 4. "We can give you medications to prevent your becoming a substance abuser."
Which statement, made by a staff nurse, reflects correct identification of the primary goal of quality improvement (QI)?
1. "This process will save us money." 2. "I like that this intervention saves time." 3. "It seems as if the physicians like our new charting system." 4. "My patients do better since we are using this system."
Identify a difference between muscarinic receptors and nicotinic-muscle (Nm) receptors.
A. Muscarinic receptors are cholinergic receptors, whereas Nm receptors are adrenergic receptors. B. Muscarinic receptors interact and bind with acetylcholine, whereas Nm receptors interact and bind with dopamine. C. Muscarinic receptors are blocked by the same class of drugs that block nicotinic-neural receptors, whereas Nm receptors are blocked by the same class of drugs that block alpha and beta receptors. D. Muscarinic receptors are located at parasympathetic postganglionic nerve endings, whereas Nm receptors are located at the neuromuscular junction of skeletal muscles.
The nurse is completing a health history for a patient of the American Indian heritage. What activity would the nurse perform while conducting this assessment?
1. Remembering what is being said to be recorded at a later date 2. Encouraging free conversation by the American Indian patient 3. Repeating back everything that is said 4. Tape-recording the responses given