An 18-year-old client dreams of attending a large Ivy League college after she graduates
She has received rejection letters from several colleges because of an inadequate grade point average (GPA) and low American College Testing (ACT) program scores. She is devastated and becomes depressed. She tells a nurse, "I guess I'll just have to forget about going to college. I'm just not good enough." The nurse understands this is an example of which automatic thought or schema?
A) Arbitrary inference
B) Overgeneralization
C) Dichotomous thinking
D) Personalization
B
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A) Acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) B) Acetaminophen (Tylenol) C) Cooling blanket D) Intravascular cooling system
Following a complicated surgery, a patient who was received in the recovery room suddenly loses consciousness and becomes unstable
The nurse who arrives at the scene performs assessments and makes the following comments, "The patient is nonresponsive to verbal stimuli," "The patient is not initiating any spontaneous respiration," and "I am unable to palpate a femoral pulse," and other members of the health care team react to the comments. The team is using the mental model for communication known as: a. critical language. b. call-out. c. check-back. d. hand-off.
While evaluating a patient's pulmonary artery waveforms, the nurse notes a sudden onset of right ventricular waves. Which of the following should the nurse do?
1. nothing, since this is an expected occurrence 2. increase intravenous fluids 3. notify the physician for repositioning 4. assist the patient to a left side-lying position
A drug is ordered to be administered IV at the initial rate of 2 mU/min., and may increase by 4 mU/min. q 15 min. to a maximum of 18 mU/min. The IV strength is 10 mU/mL
Calculate the initial flow rate in mL/h and construct a titration table for this order.