The nurse, completing a comprehensive health assessment on a patient newly admitted to an acute care facility, will use this assessment to:
A) Evaluate a problem.
B) Provide health promotion education.
C) Gather information about a patient problem
D) Systematically prioritize needs beginning with the airway.
B
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1. Document first impressions of the applicant. 2. Review the résumé during the interview. 3. Use closed questions to elicit more information. 4. Use work sample questions to determine knowledge.
With regard to the structure and function of the placenta, the maternity nurse should be aware that
a. As the placenta widens, it gradually thins to allow easier passage of air and nutrients. b. As one of its early functions, the placenta acts as an endocrine gland. c. The placenta is able to keep out most potentially toxic substances, such as cigarette smoke, to which the mother is exposed. d. Optimal blood circulation is achieved through the placenta when the woman is lying on her back or standing.
The psychiatric-mental health nurse attends a presentation on various theories of mental disorders. Which comment by the psychiatric nurse indicates an understanding of intrapersonal theories of personality development?
A) "Personality is manifested only in a person's interactions with another person or group.". B) "Personality is more strongly shaped by events occurring in the earliest years of life than by those occurring later.". C) "Every human's personality is genetically driven and individually developed.". D) "People become who they are through a learning process using reinforcements and punishments.".
The nurse who fails to remove a patient from an unsafe situation has violated which bioethical principle?
a. Justice b. Fidelity c. Veracity d. Beneficence ANS: D