Nursing's metaparadigm helps to critically unify and evaluate concepts that are characteristic of nursing
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A patient is scheduled for a total knee replacement. The surgeon explains the technique of creating a "bloodless" field for the surgery to the patient. What does this entail?
A) Intermittent autotransfusion B) Postoperative blood salvage C) Intraoperative blood salvage with reinfusion D) Use of a pneumatic tourniquet
The nurse observes that the handgrip of the client with hypophosphatemia has diminished in strength since the last assessment 2 hours ago. What is the nurse's primary intervention?
a. Document the finding and continue to as-sess. b. Assess respiratory status immediately. c. Request an order for a serum calcium lev-el. d. Administer a rapid bolus of intravenous phosphorus.
The client asks when she will be able to be out of bed after hip replacement surgery. What is the nurse's best response?
A. "If there are no complications, most people are out of bed by the day after sur-gery." B. "If there is no infection present, you can be out of bed as soon as the sutures are removed from the incision." C. "It will be necessary for you to remain in bed until x-rays show that new bone is growing into the hip replacement." D. "It is standard procedure for people who have hip replacement surgery to remain in bed for a minimum of 2 weeks."
Anaphylactic shock is a:
1. Type I reaction, called immediate hypersensitivity reaction 2. Type II reaction, called cytotoxic hypersensitivity reaction 3. Type III allergic reaction, called immune complex hypersensitivity 4. Type IV allergic reaction, called delayed hypersensitivity reaction