The art of nursing based on informal sources and practical experience is ____________ knowledge
a. intuitive
b. nonpropositional
c. propositional
d. trial-and-error
b. nonpropositional
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A female client with rheumatoid arthritis has taken Rheumatrex (methotrexate) for the past year to control her symptoms. The client comes to the clinic and tells the nurse that a home pregnancy test was positive
What is the nurse's best response? a. "You need to schedule a prenatal ap-pointment with your obstetrician right away." b. "Stop taking Rheumatrex immediately. I'll tell the physician you are pregnant." c. "Continue taking the Rheumatrex, and increase the dose if you have a flare." d. "See a genetic counselor to determine whether your baby will have rheumatoid arthritis."
The nurse in a pediatric clinic is preparing to give a toddler and a preschooler intramuscular (IM) antibiotics. The nurse chooses the injection sites for each child based on which considerations?
1. The vastus lateralis muscle is the preferred site for IM injections in toddlers. 2. After the child has been walking for a year, the ventrogluteal site is used for IM injections. 3. Use of the dorsogluteal site should be avoided. 4. The vastus lateralis muscle is the preferred site for IM injections in preschoolers. 5. The dorsogluteal site is the preferred site for IM injections.
Salicylates primarily inhibit the synthesis of which substance?
1. Pyrogens 2. Superoxide radicals 3. Histamines 4. Prostaglandins
A nurse is caring for a client in an inpatient mental health setting. The nurse notices that when the client is conversing with other clients, he repeats what they are saying word for word. The nurse interprets this finding and documents it as which of th
A) Echopraxia B) Neologisms C) Tangentiality D) Echolalia