After reading an online news article about the surprising role that chewing gum may play in facilitating healing after bowel surgery, a nurse has "googled" the subject. How should the nurse best interpret the results of this search?
A) The nurse must carefully evaluate the results of this search.
B) The results of searching sites such as Google and Yahoo are not clinically useful.
C) The search is likely to yield inaccurate or biased results.
D) The search is a time-efficient substitute for searching online health databases.
A
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A major cause of health-related problems is the increase in chronic conditions. This is especially true in developing countries because of what?
A) Developing countries have the resources to deal with chronic conditions. B) Developing countries are not finding new infectious diseases. C) Developing countries are the only place chronic conditions are found. D) Developing countries are also trying to cope with emerging infectious diseases.
The nurse is caring for a client who has been brought to the emergency department with upper GI bleeding. The client is vomiting copious amounts of bright red blood. Which is the nurse's priority action?
a. Ensure that the client has a patent airway. b. Start a normal saline IV infusion. c. Gather equipment to start a saline lavage. d. Assess the client for causative factors.
The nurse is reviewing the functions of the ovaries, uterus, clitoris, and vagina with a group of nursing students. What would be the best response by a nursing student about the function of the uterus?
A) Produces female gametes or ova and secretes female sex hormones B) Receives the fertilized ovum and provides housing and nourishment for a fetus C) Receives sperm, provides an exit for menstrual flow, and serves as the birth canal D) Small erectile structure that responds to sexual stimulation
A patient is brought to the emergency department for a superficial stab wound to the forearm. Sutures are required, and a prescriber orders a local anesthetic with epinephrine
The nurse understands that the rationale for the use of epinephrine with a local anesthetic is to cause which of the following effects? a. Reduce anesthetic-induced nausea. b. Prolong anesthetic absorption. c. Reduce the pain of an injection. d. Prevent hypertension induced by the anesthetic.