Which plan is an effective way of handling a large task?
A) Plan to finish the task with few breaks
B) Delegate portions of the task to qualified staff
C) Break the task into smaller, less intimidating units
D) Delay beginning the task until it has your undivided attention
Answer: C) Break the task into smaller, less intimidating units
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An older school-age child is brought to the emergency department after a car accident. The parents witness and stare at the resuscitation scene unfolding before them. The child is not responding to the resuscitative efforts after 30 minutes
Which is the best communication strategy for the nurse to use in this situation? A) Ask the parents whether they would like resuscitative efforts to be continued at this point. B) Ask the parents to stand at the foot of the cart to watch. C) Inform the parents that resuscitative efforts have not been effective and are not beneficial to the child. D) Ask the parents to leave until the child has stabilized.
The pediatric nurse teaches a student nurse that when assessing the lymph glands of a patient the nodes should be palpated systematically in the following order:
A) Preauricular area, postauricular area, occipital nodes, tonsillar nodes, submandibular and submental nodes, cervical chain and supraclavicular area B) Occipital nodes, tonsillar nodes, preauricular area, postauricular area, submandibular and submental nodes, cervical chain and supraclavicular area C) Preauricular area, postauricular area, submandibular and submental nodes, cervical chain, supraclavicular area and occipital nodes and tonsillar nodes D) Cervical chain and supraclavicular area, reauricular area, postauricular are, occipital nodes, tonsillar nodes, and submandibular and submental nodes
Older women require less dietary iron than younger women because older women have
a. decreased turnover of red blood cells. b. decreased iron losses after menopause. c. replacement of hemoglobin with myoglo-bin. d. lower levels of activity, requiring less oxygen to be transported to the cells.
In providing care for an elder with hemiplegia and dysphasia following a stroke, a home health nurse would work with several members of an interdisciplinary team. Included in the team most likely would be a
1. Home health aide who would conduct a thorough functional assessment. 2. Physical therapist to assist in restoring small motor coordination and improving physical tasks related to activities of daily living. 3. Social worker who would oversee the plan of care for Medicare reimbursement. 4. Speech therapist to treat or manage problems related to the dysphasia.