A nurse finds that a patient's temperature is increasing more than 1°C per hour when using a forced-air warming device to treat his postsurgery hypothermia. What condition might occur if this patient's temperature increases too rapidly?
A) Hypertension
B) Cardiac arrest
C) Hypotension
D) Respiratory distress
C
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A patient receives 25 units of NPH insulin at 7.AM. At what time of day should the nurse advise the patient to be most alert for a potential hypoglycemic reaction?
A) After breakfast B) Before lunch C) Late afternoon D) Bedtime
The nurse manager decides to change staffing schedules in the intensive care unit. She chooses to use Rogers' diffusion of innovations theory to implement the change. What are the elements of Rogers' diffusion of innovations theory?
a. Assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation b. Preparation, validation, synthesis, and evaluation c. Knowledge, persuasion, decision, imple-mentation, and evaluation d. Scanning, diagnosis, decision making, ap-plication, and reevaluation
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1. Satisfactory sanitation 2. Happiness 3. Health 4. Social welfare