The nurse is preparing to infuse cryoprecipitate. Important nursing interventions include:
1. Thawing product before infusion
2. Infuse each unit over 2 hours
3. Use glass bottles
4. No filter is required
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Rationale: Units of cryoprecipitate are kept frozen, and must be thawed prior to infusion
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Which of the following statements would not be accurate regarding the dopamine hypothesis?
1. Typical antipsychotic medications cause fewer extrapyramidal side effects than traditional antipsychotic medications. 2. Atypical antipsychotic medications block serotonin and dopamine. 3. Numerous types of dopamine receptors have been found to exist in varied regions of the brain. 4. Positive symptoms of schizophrenia respond more readily to traditional antipsychotic medications than the newer atypical medications.
You recently acquired a position as a unit manager. During your time on the unit, you have formed a strong social network among your staff, have promoted the development of relation-ships between your staff and workers in other areas of the
organization, and have formed rela-tionships that generate ideas from patient organizations and the local nursing education program. According to complexity theory, you are engaging which principle? a. Empowerment b. Systematic thinking c. Development of networks d. Bottom-up interactions
Group discussion as a patient teaching strategy for educating both a patient newly diagnosed with diabetes and a patient who has had the disease for years
a. is an efficient use of the nurse's time. b. will address the same teaching topics with both patients. c. will be effective because both patients undoubtedly have identical goals. d. is not an appropriate teaching strategy.
As a nurse, responsibility lies in becoming acquainted with the predominant cultures in each community. Individuals identify with their own cultural, ethnic, racial, and religious backgrounds to various degrees
Because nurses must be aware of their own beliefs and be sensitive to the beliefs of others, what is culture? A) Common heritage shared by a specific culture B) Genetic characteristics associated with having ancestors from a specific part of the world C) Accumulated learning for generational groups of individuals within structured or nonstructural societies D) Groups within dominant cultures