The nurse who is demonstrating compliance with the American Nurses Association (ANA) standards of care would routinely do which of the following?
1. Apply research findings to client care.
2. Apply the nursing process to meet client's needs.
3. Perform peer evaluation to evaluate compliance with standards.
4. Participate in continuous quality improvement (CQI) activities to improve quality of care.
ANS: 2
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A. Manage mild pain with a combination of mild analgesics such as NSAIDs and distraction. B. Manage mild pain with regularly timed analgesic administration of mild opioids. C. Manage moderate pain with distraction plus regularly timed analgesic administration. D. Manage severe pain with strong analgesics such as morphine sulfate (Astramorph). E. Manage severe pain with strong analgesics (Astramorph) when distraction doesn't work.
A client admitted to the ED exhibits raccoon eyes and Battle's sign. The nurse interprets that these manifestations are compatible with
a. basilar skull fracture. b. extreme fatigue and sensory deprivation. c. opiate overdose or poisoning. d. subarachnoid hemorrhage.
A client with bronchial asthma (reactive airway disease) can be expected to be relieved by the administration of a drug that stimulates which of the following receptors?
a. beta-2 c. alpha-2 b. beta-1 d. alpha-1
There are more than one ________ products currently abused as inhalants.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).