A nursing student is volunteering with a local agency to help prepare his community for a potential bioterrorist attack. On which of the following threats should he focus?
A. Hurricane
B. Earthquake
C. Anthrax
D. Tornado
C
A new potential environmental health threat is the possibility of a bioterrorist attack. Threats of this type come in the form of biological, chemical, and radiological attacks.
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The nurse teaches a class on the systems that control blood pressure and includes what systems in the discussion? (Select all that apply.)
A) The capacitance system B) Aldosterone–antidiuretic hormone (ADH) system C) Difference between the systolic and the diastolic readings D) Stimulus from the sympathetic system E) Reflex control of blood volume
A patient has been admitted to the hospital after diagnostic imaging revealed the presence of a gastric outlet obstruction (GOO). What is the nurse's priority intervention?
A) Administration of antiemetics B) Insertion of an NG tube for decompression C) Infusion of hypotonic IV solution D) Administration of proton pump inhibitors as ordered
A client who is in the terminal phases of a debilitating muscular disease tells his wife that he believes the health care team has "failed" and "given up" on him, and "aren't trying as hard." The nurse caring for this client
A) Clients who feel this way are in denial of the facts of their care. B) This idea of abandonment is unfounded. C) When clients become terminal, physician care is no longer necessary. D) This is a common fear in the terminally ill client.
There are four major types of staffing plans. The decentralized method of staff planning refers to which of the following?
a. The schedule is planned based on the central or core staff. b. The schedule is planned on each individual unit by the nurse manager. c. The schedule is planned by the nurses themselves. d. The schedule is planned by nursing service.