What personal belief best demonstrates the meaning of self-efficacy?
A. You are capable of continued growth and development until at least 65 years of age.
B. You are responsible for your own health and well-being.
C. You can improve your own health and well-being through visualization or imagery.
D. You can influence your environment and circumstances.
ANS: D
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a. "My husband will be giving me intramuscular injections of the medication in my lateral thighs." b. "I have been taught how to administer the medication to myself in the fatty tis-sues of my anterior thighs and abdomen." c. "The drug must be stored in a warm place." d. "The drug is more likely to cause allergic reactions when administered orally."
When providing care to postoperative patients, nurses use evidence-based practice whenever they:
a. Continue bedrest after surgery until the pain level is 1 on a scale of 1 to 10. b. Continue bedrest after surgery until the pain level is 2 on a scale of 1 to 10. c. Ambulate patients as soon as possible after surgery. d. Ambulate patients as soon as they are awake from anesthesia.
The Ponseti technique for the treatment of clubfoot consists of:
1. Wrapping the foot with ace wraps for 12 hours a day. 2. Serial casting of the foot beginning at the age of 2. 3. Serial castings beginning within the first week of life. 4. Letting the child adapt to the foot, and then treat later in life if the family/child choose to do so.
All of the following are accepted definitions of health. Which is the best definition, which is also the most typically used in nursing today?
A. Ability to interact and adapt to the environment B. Ability to perform required social roles C. Absence of physiologic disease D. Maximizing human potential