A new nurse has been working as a nurse for 6 months but has recently been experiencing difficulties on the job. She has had difficulty making decisions and recognizing basic changes in her clients, resulting in some developing further complications
The supervisor notes this nurse was hired about two months after passing her NCLEX examination. This new nurse is exhibiting which recognized trait that transition to practice programs are designed to address?
A) Prepare for emotional demands
B) Upgrade clinical skills
C) Instruct in new technology
D) Teach specialized skills
A
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The client who has been hospitalized for a fractured femur expresses surprise that she is so tired arter sitting up in the chair for a short period of time. The nurse explains that:
1. Decreased mobility creates venous vasodilation and stasis 2. Decreased mobility may interfere with the normal exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide 3. Decreased mobility may cause a negative calcium balance as a result of calcium loss from bone 4. Decreased mobility causes decreases in muscular strength
Pender's health promotion model is an example of what type of theory?
a. Grand nursing theory b. Middle-range nursing theory c. Situation-specific nursing theory d. Another discipline's theory applied to nursing
A nurse reads a complete blood count report for a patient who has been admitted to the hospital with fluid overload from late-stage kidney disease. What abnormal result would the nurse expect to find?
A) increased white blood cells C) decreased hematocrit B) increased platelets D) increased hematocrit
The health care provider asks the nurse to monitor the fluid volume status of a heart failure patient and a patient at risk for clinical dehydration. Which is the most effective nursing intervention for monitoring both of these patients?
a. Assess the patients for edema in extremities. b. Ask the patients to record their intake and output. c. Weigh the patients every morning before breakfast. d. Measure the patients' blood pressures every 4 hours.