The nurse needs a reminder of professional responsibility when performing which of these actions?
a. Making an informed clinical decision
b. Making an ethical clinical decision
c. Making a clinical decision in the patient's best interest
d. Making a clinical decision based on previous shift assessments
ANS: D
The professional nurse is responsible for assessing patients each shift. Making informed, ethical decisions in the patient's best interest is practicing responsibly.
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a. "The patient will be able to lift 10 lb by the end of week one." b. "The patient will be able to lift weights by the end of the week." c. "The patient will be able to lift his normal weight amount." d. "The patient will be able to life an acceptable amount of weight by week one."
Which phrase is used to describe the volume of air inspired and expired with a normal breath?
A) Total lung capacity B) Forced vital capacity C) Tidal volume D) Residual volume
Which of the following statements are true about virtual worlds? Standard Text: Select all that apply
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a. children younger than 2 years. b. school-age children. c. adolescents. d. adults.