A nurse educator is conceptualizing a study that will address the role of social support for a family who has a child in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)
During the planning stages, the educator has created a statement that presents the study purpose. This statement will include which of the following?
A) The focus, participants, and design of the study
B) The changes in practice that the researcher hopes to catalyze
C) The nurse's rationale for the chosen research design
D) The gaps in knowledge that the study will attempt to address and the current state of evidence
A
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A patient has acute tubular necrosis. The following blood work was noted: complete blood count shows a white blood cell count of 11,000 mm3, a hemoglobin of 8 g/dL, and a hematocrit of 30%. His chemistry panel shows serum potassium, 4
5 mg/dL; serum sodium, 135 mg/dL; serum calcium, 8.5 mg/dL; BUN, 20 mg/dL; and creatinine, 1.5 mg/dL. What laboratory value(s) need(s) to be treated most immediately and why? a. Administration of 5% dextrose in water and insulin because the patient is hyperkalemic and needs this level reduced b. Administration of Epogen to treat anemia c. Administration of a broad-spectrum antibiotic to treat the elevated blood cell count d. Administration of a calcium supplement for low calcium
In checking the neurologic status of the client just admitted to the PACU, the nurse notes that the right eye pupil is dilated more than the left pupil. What is the nurse's best first action?
A. Check the client's chart to compare these findings to the client's baseline neuro-logic assessment. B. Raise the head of the bed up to a 30-degree angle and administer oxygen. C. Test the client's deep tendon reflexes on all four extremities. D. Notify the physician and document the finding.
A psychiatric technician mentions to the nurse, "All these patients with Axis II problems! It makes me wonder how so many mothers could have been such poor parents and messed up their kids so badly!"
The response by the nurse that helps put the development of personality disorders into perspective is: a. "Parenting is the responsibility of fathers, too, so don't blame only mothers." b. "Personality disorder is often related to sexual abuse that occurs without parental knowledge." c. "There is some evidence to suggest a biologic component to personality disor-ders." d. "Peer interactions may be more important in child development than parental in-volvement."
What is the term used in the nursing process for the patient's problem?
a. Patient data b. Nursing diagnosis c. Nursing intervention d. Outcome planning