Identify the best and most inclusive definition of nursing research
a. A rigorous method of scientific inquiry
b. A study that will be implemented after a review by the Institutional Review Board of the hospital
c. Scientific knowledge generated through an exhaustive review of the literature
d. A systematic process to test or discover information with the goal of improving client care
D
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A) Normal B) Prehypertensive C) Stage 1 hypertensive D) Stage 2 hypertensive
Which client is at continuing risk for alkalosis?
A. 35-year-old critically ill client receiving total parenteral nutrition B. 45-year-old client with type 1 diabetes, once-daily insulin therapy C. 55-year-old client with metastatic breast cancer on continuous IV morphine D. 65-year-old client with occupation-induced asthma using an adrenergic agonist inhaler
Besides prescribing antimicrobial therapy, patients with bacterial vaginosis require education regarding the fact that:
1. The most recent partners in the past 60 days should also be treated. 2. Alcohol should not be consumed during and for 1 day after metronidazole is taken. 3. Condoms should be used during intercourse if intravaginal clindamycin cream is used. 4. Co-treatment for chlamydia is necessary.
During a prenatal class, a participant asks when the most critical period of fetal development occurs. Which of the following is the most appropriate response?
a. "The embryonic period, from the second to eighth week after conception." b. "Immediately following implantation." c. "During the zygotic phase after fertilization." d. "From twenty to thirty weeks of gestation, when the organs are formed."