What is the oldest form of organizing patient care that is still widely used today?

A) Total patient care
B) Functional nursing
C) Team or modular nursing
D) Primary care nursing


A

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The nurse is measuring ouput on an infant on the pediatric unit. When weighing the diaper and subtracting the weight of the dry diaper, the nurse records 30 grams and documents this as _________ mL

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A nurse is teaching parents how to apply "time-out" as a disciplinary method for their 4 year old. Parents have understood the teaching if they state which formula correctly guides the use of "time-out"?

a. Use the guideline of 1 minute per each year of the child's age. b. Relate the length of the time-out to the severity of the behavior. c. Never use time-out for a child younger than age 4 years. d. Follow the time-out with a treat.

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You have been providing bag-mask ventilation to a newborn with a sustained heart rate of 75 beats/min for approximately 5 minutes. The infant's abdomen is markedly distended. Although you are properly trained, your protocols do not allow you to intubate newborns. The MOST appropriate intervention involves:

A) intubating immediately. B) suctioning the oropharynx. C) inserting an orogastric tube. D) manual gastric decompression.

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The nurse is auscultating the patient's lungs and notes normal vesicular sounds as being which of the following?

a. Medium-pitched blowing sounds with inspiration equalling expiration b. Loud, high-pitched, hollow sounds with expiration longer than inspiration c. Soft, breezy, low-pitched sounds with longer inspiration d. Sounds created by air moving through small airways

Nursing