In the course of providing best psychiatric care for a client the nurse must place greatest reliance on
A. legal principles.
B. ethical principles.
C. independent judgment.
D. institutional standards.
Ans: A. legal principles.
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What content should the nurse include in this presentation? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply. 1. Physiologic jaundice occurs after 24 hours of age. 2. Pathologic jaundice occurs after 24 hours of age. 3. Phototherapy is required when bilirubin levels exceed 14. 4. The need for phototherapy depends on the bilirubin level and age of the infant. 5. Kernicterus causes irreversible neurological damage.
A woman admitted through the emergency department delivered only 30 minutes after arriving at the hospital. She stated that her contractions had begun about 2 hours earlier and rapidly became more frequent and intense
Which statement best defines this brief labor? a. Because this was a precipitate labor, it could have resulted in fetal hypoxia or intracranial hemorrhage and maternal trauma. b. This was probably a postterm labor, which typically progresses very rapidly with little fetal or maternal risk. c. Hydramnios is a common cause of very rapid labor as a result of overdistention of the uterus. d. Women who have had previous cesarean births are at risk of uterine rupture following rapid labor.
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Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. 1. Hepatotoxicity 2. Phlebitis 3. BUN 4. Fever and chill 5. Creatinine
A conceptual framework is defined as
A) An explanation of nursing and nursing practice B) A set of phenomena and related abstractions C) A foundation for nursing skills and care D) A set of concepts and propositions