The sampling strategy that ensures that all subjects in a study have an equal chance of being in any particular group within the study is:
A) generalizability
B) power analysis
C) sampling unit
D) random assignment
D
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a. "You do not need good hand-lung coor-dination to use this device." b. "You will begin to inhale before activating the device." c. "You will need to use a spacer to help control the medication." d. "You will take 2 inhalations twice daily."
An example of one strategy to improve participation in the change process by staff fitting the behavioral descriptions of laggards, early majority, late majority, and rejecters is to:
a. Encourage teamwork. b. Transfer to a different unit. c. Require attendance at staff meetings. d. Delegate the roles and tasks of change.
The nurse is preparing to administer an IV infusion to a client. Which of the following is a recommended step in this procedure?
A) Place the client in a side-lying position. B) Invert the bag and spike it with the IV tubing. C) Prime the tubing and squeeze the drip chamber until it is full of IV fluid. D) When blood enters the venous access device, advance the needle to half its length.
A nurse is caring for a patient in the immediate postoperative period after surgery in which a spinal anesthetic was used
The patient has not voided and complains of headache. The patient has a pulse of 62 beats per minute, a respiratory rate of 16 breaths per minute, and a blood pressure of 92/48 mm Hg. Which action by the nurse is appropriate? a. Contact the anesthetist to request an order for ephedrine. b. Have the patient sit up to relieve the headache pain. c. Lower the head of the bed to a 10- to 15-degree head-down position. d. Obtain an order for a urinary catheter for urinary retention.