Nursing students are socialized into the:
A) nursing specialties.
B) health care culture.
C) caring paradigm.
D) diagnostic process.
Ans: B
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Culture enables people of similar cultural heritage to understand the meanings of each other's words as part of the particular context, to read each other's nonverbal behavior fairly accurately, and to communicate through symbols.
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A. "Decrease your intake of water and other fluids." B. "Decrease your intake of fiber now and gradually add high-fiber foods back into your diet." C. "You must have allergies to high-fiber foods and will need to avoid them in the future." D. "Taking an antacid 1 hour before meals or 2 hours after meals should reduce the intensity of your bowel problems."
The nurse assesses the incontinent patient's perineal skin and notes redness. What does the nurse include in the patient's plan of care to individualize nursing care?
a. Minimize exposure of the perineum to soap and water. b. Apply an anti-inflammatory agent to the affected area. c. Allow adequate time for the patient to use the bedside commode. d. Remove the incontinence brief and expose the skin to air for an hour.
Which evaluation indicates that placement of a nasogastric or enteric tube is correct?
a. Nasointestinal aspirate with a pH of less than 6 b. Pleural fluid pH of less than 6 c. Gastric aspirate with a pH of 5 or less after patient fasting d. Gastric aspirate with a pH of 4 and continuous tube feedings