Nurses routinely check the telemetry monitors while at the desk of the unit looking for abnormal arrythmias on the monitor. A nurse looks at the strip in Room 1030 and has a feeling that she should check the client
She does so, and the client is having difficulty breathing in addition to being cyanotic. What is the term that identifies the feeling that the nurse had in the above scenario or is described as "another way of knowing wherein facts or truths are known or felt directly rather than arrived at through a linear process of rational analysis"?
A) Critical thinking
B) Negative thinking
C) Intuition
D) Reflection
C
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The patient is highly reluctant to ambulate and will not drink fluids except for hot tea with her meals. The nurse's aide reports to you that this patient's vital signs are slightly elevated and that she has a nonproductive cough. When you assess the patient, you auscultate crackles at the base of the lungs. What would you suspect is wrong with your patient? A) Pulmonary embolism B) Hypervolemia C) Hypostatic pulmonary congestion D) Malignant hyperthermia
The nurse who is teaching a patient about maintaining a healthy heart should include which recommendation?
A) Smoke in moderation. B) Use alcohol in moderation. C) Consume a diet high in saturated fats and low in cholesterol. D) Exercise 1 or 2 times per week.
Which management functions help to achieve the goal of quality individual care?
a. Planning, organising. b. Planning, directing. c. Planning, organising, directing. d. Planning, directing, organising, coordinating.
While planning care for a preschool child who has been physically and sexually abused, the nurse includes play therapy because it assists the child to:
1. Act out aggression in an acceptable manner 2. Express feelings that cannot easily be verbalized 3. Interact with other children in the appropriate age group 4. Learn adaptive behaviors through acting