A nurse attempts to flush the lumen of a triple lumen central catheter and notes severe resistance to flushing. Which diagnostic procedure does the nurse anticipate when assessing the correct placement of the central line?
A. Chest CT
B. Fluoroscopy
C. Chest X-ray
D. Endoscopy
Answer: C
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A) Administer antianxiety medication. B) Allow the client to express fears and concerns. C) Discuss how others have survived the procedure. D) Explain how the client can notify staff if anxiety increases.
The process of knowledge discovery and data mining is best characterized as:
a. machine learning, use of statistical methods, large amounts of data. b. a process wherein patients are selected for clinical trials. c. "fishing" for information in data. d. cleaning data for further analysis using other methods.
Society tends to minimalize perinatal loss because of the prevailing belief that there are no barriers to getting pregnant and the expectations that once a woman is pregnant, a healthy live infant will result
1. True 2. False
A client who has traveled to an area where Ebola is present is hospitalized with fever and malaise. The nurse anticipates this client will be considered potentially infectious for the length of the ________ day incubation period.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).