On admission of a new primipara who has just given birth, the nurse notes that she had a prolonged second stage of labor and extended time in the stirrups on the delivery table. The nurse interprets this as placing the client at high risk for:
A) Retained placental fragments C) Thrombophlebitis
B) Hypertension D) Postpartum involution
C
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The nurse decides that a clinical guideline would be helpful when planning the care of a patient. What should the nurse do to obtain this guideline?
1. Access a nursing literature database 2. Search through a nursing procedure textbook 3. Telephone a clinical guidelines company for assistance 4. Conduct a computer search on a clinical guidelines website
A researcher designs a study to determine if a new teaching modality will benefit a particular group of special education students that the researcher has been working. Which design would the researcher be most likely to use?
A) Comparison between two or more groups. B) Comparison of one group's status at two or more points in time. C) Comparison of one group's status under different circumstances. D) Comparison based on relative rankings.
A child with cerebral palsy tells the school nurse that he feels all right in his own classroom, but then he is out on the playground, other children stare at him and he does not know what to do about it
The nurse decides to teach the child to use a frontal approach. Which of the following activities would be most helpful to a child learning to use a frontal approach? a. role-play with the nurse, ignoring other people by staring or being rude b. a talk by the nurse on what other children say to stop people from staring c. role-play with the nurse staring and the child asking, "Do you have a question?" d. teaching the child to ask the person what they are staring at
A 5-year-old boy is brought to the emergency department with signs of plumbism (lead poisoning). On assessment, the nurse documents the following symptoms: violent headache, fever, nausea, vomiting, and drowsiness
The child displays muscle weakness and visual disturbances. Which of the following neurologic alterations would the nurse suspect has occurred as sequel to plumbism? A) Meningitis B) Guillain-Barré syndrome C) Acute Transverse Myelitis D) Encephalitis