The nurse is assessing a client diagnosed with a peripheral arterial occlusion. Which of the following will the nurse assess in this client? (Select all that apply.)
1. Pulselessness
2. Pain
3. Pallor
4. Paresthesia
5. Paralysis
6. Petechiae
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
The nurse would assess a client diagnosed with peripheral arterial disease for the six P's: pulseless, pain, pallor, paresthesia, paralysis, and poikilocythemia. Petechiae is not a part of the six P's assessment.
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A. Communication patterns B. How things get done C. If goals are being met D. Looseness of boundaries
A nurse on a medical-surgical unit has asked to represent her unit on the hospital's Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) committee. In researching CQI programs, the nurse should understand that they have what characteristic?
A) CQI programs establish accountability on the part of health care professionals. B) CQI programs focus on the process used to provide care. C) CQI programs identify incidents rather than processes. D) CQI programs justify health care costs.
A nursing manager wants the unit staff to become more involved in research. The staff nurses say they are not qualified to conduct research. Which response by the manager is best?
a. "You need a basic understanding of the research process because you should be good consumers of research." b. "At the staff nurse level, you can assist with clinical studies by doing data collection." c. "A baccalaureate-prepared nurse should be able to design simple studies." d. "If we all work on this together, we can design and implement good research studies."
The nurse is caring for a client who is experiencing a disease process caused by a malformation from a normal pattern of development
When reviewing the principles of teratology to plan care for this client, the nurse reviews which basic principles? (Select all that apply.) 1. Drug development 2. Environmental influences 3. Gestational age when the exposure occurred 4. The agent 5. The route of exposure 6. Rate of placental transfer