The nurse is caring for a child who has been admitted for a sickle-cell crisis. In order to provide adequate pain management, what should the nurse do initially?
A) Administer NSAIDs as ordered.
B) Use guided imagery and therapeutic touch.
C) Administer meperidine as ordered.
D) Initiate pain assessment with a standardized pain scale.
D
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A. Purification B. Lunar cycle agriculture C. Eating ritual foods D. Divination
The nurse is assessing a client who has dyspnea and considering the process of gas exchange. Which structural characteristic of capillaries best enables gas exchange at the cellular level?
A) Capillaries are one cell–layer thick. B) Capillaries form a complex network. C) Capillaries transport blood back to the heart. D) Capillaries are elastic structures.
Which of the following terms represents the proportion of individuals who participate in a study divided by the number who agreed to be in a study but did not participate?
A) coercion B) response rate C) selectivity D) return rate
The school nurse is caring for a teenager who developed sunburn after being out in the sun without sunscreen at a school trip. How would the nurse classify this type of burn?
A) Thermal B) Electrical C) Chemical D) Radiation