When you bathe Mrs. Jeffers, you notice a warm, red area on her left ankle. At the end of the bath, over 30 minutes later, the area is still red. This red area is
A. Definitely a stage 2 pressure injury.
B. Common in bedbound patients, and will eventually go away.
C. Probably a stage 1 pressure injury, and needs to be reported to the supervising nurse.
D. Due to her positioning, and is nothing to be concerned about.
Answer: C
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Which of the following best explains why job opportunities for occupational health nurses (OHNs) have continued to expand?
a. Federal legislation has required an OHN at any site with more than 50 employees. b. Legislation has required employers to engage in certain tasks, and nurses were the most expert at those tasks. c. Nurses have done an excellent job of describing the role and its benefits to the media. d. Nurses are able to document cost savings to employers.
Empiricism refers to:
A) Making generalizations from specific observations B) Deducing specific predictions from generalizations C) Gathering evidence about real-world phenomena through the senses D) Verifying the assumptions on which the study was based
A client is afraid of a recent possible HIV exposure. The nurse should explain that the period of time it takes before HIV antibodies can be detected by laboratory tests is generally
a. 1 to 3 days. b. 7 to 10 days. c. 1 to 3 weeks. d. 4 to 12 weeks.
Which clinical manifestation should the nurse expect when a child with sickle cell anemia experiences an acute vaso-occlusive crisis?
a. Circulatory collapse b. Cardiomegaly, systolic murmurs c. Hepatomegaly, intrahepatic cholestasis d. Painful swelling of hands and feet, painful joints