The advantage of using a quasi-experimental design in nursing is
a. smaller sample size.
b. to provide beginning evidence of causality.
c. descriptive statistics can be used to analyze data.
d. the design is stronger in determining causality.
b. to provide beginning evidence of causality.
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a. lightening c. presentation b. nesting d. station
The client who had a right below-the-knee amputation 2 days ago is requesting pain medication for pain in his right foot. The nurse should
a. administer the prescribed analgesic. b. elevate the stump on pillows and apply ice. c. offer an alternative therapy such as a massage. d. tell the client that he cannot be medicated for pain in the absent foot.
Adults and children display different physiologic responses to injury and acute illness. An important concept to remember when assessing infants and children is that they:
a. experience lethal arrhythmias first, pro-gressing to respiratory failure. b. usually experience cardiac arrest before respiratory failure. c. usually experience respiratory arrest before circulatory failure. d. tolerate greater volume changes, with less severe consequences.
Before taking a patient's blood pressure (BP), which action by the nurse estimates the patient's systolic pressure?
1) Weighing the patient 2) Inflating the BP cuff 20 mm above the point the radial pulse is occluded 3) Asking the patient about the last BP reading 4) Asking the patient's age