A nurse asks a client the following question: "What do you do if you have pain?" The nurse is assessing which of the following?
A) Orientation
B) Judgment
C) Abstract reasoning
D) Memory
B
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The fetal heart rate baseline is 140 bpm. When contractions begin, the fetal heart rate drops suddenly to 120, and rapidly returns to 140 before the end of the contraction. Which nursing intervention is best?
1. Assist the client to change from Fowler's to left lateral position. 2. Apply oxygen to the client at 2 liters per nasal cannula. 3. Notify the operating room of the need for a cesarean birth. 4. Determine the color of the leaking amniotic fluid.
One of the findings of a study by Aiken and colleagues (2002) was that nurses with the highest nurse-to-patient ratios (fewer nurses for the number of patients) were more likely to describe feelings of (select all that apply):
a. grief. b. anger. c. burnout. d. job dissatisfaction. e. emotional exhaustion.
A client has suffered a snakebite (North American pit viper) to a lower extremity. What would be the most appropriate nursing intervention?
A. Apply ice to the bite site immediately. B. Attempt to capture the snake for later identification. C. Immobilize the extremity in a position of function. D. Incise the bite and suck out the venom.
Identify an accurate statement about the conduction system of the heart.
A. The left side of the heart pumps a greater amount of blood than the right side of the heart in a particular amount of time. B. Impulse conduction first results in the contraction of the left ventricle and then in the contraction of the right ventricle. C. The Purkinje fibers distribute excitation through the ventricular myocardium. D. An electrical impulse is normally generated within the atrioventricular node.