What is the greatest danger in the early postoperative period after an amputation?
a. Infection
b. Hemorrhage
c. Pain
d. Edema
B
Hemorrhage is the greatest danger in the early postoperative period after an amputation.
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Which of the following purposes for client documentation, an essential communication tool, is MOST important?
a. It forms the basis for health care students learning about disease processes, medical and nursing diagnoses, and interventions. b. It confirms the care provided to the client and outlines crucial information about the client. c. It directs the need for research. d. It notifies the health care provider and other health care team members about significant data obtained during nurse-client interaction.
An advantage of convenience sampling is:
a. ease in obtaining subjects. b. increased internal validity and control. c. low risk of sampling bias. d. representativeness of sample is ensured.
The nurse is working with a child newly enrolled into an English-as-a-second-language class. The nurse wants to teach the child about the importance of handwashing before meals and of not eating food dropped on the exam room floor
The best way to assimilate the nurse's cultural values about hygienic nutrition is to: 1. Have the nurse model proper handwashing before examining the child and throw out the dropped cookie. 2. Provide written materials in English about hygiene and diet for the client to take home. 3. Have the child repeat his interpretation of the information that was taught. 4. Schedule a medical interpreter to accompany the client to his next visit.
Which of the following changes during pregnancy accounts for the waddling gait?
A) Lordosis compensating for enlarging fetus B) Kyphosis compensating for lordosis C) Increased mobility in the sacroiliac, sacrococcygeal, and symphysis pubis joints D) Pressure on the ulnar and median nerves creating aching, numbness, and weakness