The nurse is identifying clinical practice problems on a cardiac unit. What question is a foreground question?
a. "What is the pathophysiology of conges-tive heart failure?"
b. "How does smoking affect the internal lumens of arteries?
c. "What is the best treatment for a myocar-dial infarction?
d. "How are a client's vital signs affected by anxiety?"
C
A foreground question asks a question of relationship and may be controversial (best treatment). All other questions are background questions, which ask for a fact.
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A nurse cares for an older adult client who is recovering from a leg amputation surgery. The client states, "I don't want to live with only one leg. I should have died during the surgery." How should the nurse respond?
a. "Your vital signs are good, and you are doing just fine right now." b. "Your children are waiting outside. Do you want them to grow up without a father?" c. "This is a big change for you. What support system do you have to help you cope?" d. "You will be able to do some of the same things as before you became disabled."
After teaching a group of new parents about their newborns' eyes and vision, which statement by the group indicates effective teaching?
A) "Our newborn can see at distances of about 1 to 2 feet." B) "We won't know the baby's eye color until he's at least 6 months old." C) "A baby can easily distinguish colors, but they must be bright colors." D) "A newborn can focus with both eyes at the same time shortly after birth."
To measure the height of the uterine fundus with a tape measure, the nurse would place the 0 cm mark at the
a. level of the iliac crests. c. top of the fundus. b. symphysis pubis. d. umbilicus.
The nurse is providing education to a client about the most common causes of goiters. Which causative factor will the nurse review in the teaching?
A) Thyroiditis B) Tumors C) Iodine deficiency D) Infiltrative