You are a nurse caring for clients in the emergency department who have been admitted from the area surrounding a nuclear power plant. There had been a small explosion at the plant and a small amount of radiation had escaped
You know that this is what type of a disaster? A) Natural
B) Explosive
C) Chemical
D) Radiologic
D
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Radiologic disasters can occur in the following ways: explosion of a dirty bomb, damage to or human error in a nuclear power plant facility, and nuclear blast. The scenario does not describe a natural disaster or a chemical disaster. Option B is only a distractor.
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a. the outcome variable of interest. b. an abstraction or mental representation inferred from situations, events, or behaviors. c. constructs that are knitted together in an orderly system to explain the way people function. d. the variable that is believed to cause or influence the dependent variable.
In assessing the client with an aortic aneurysm before surgery, a nurse notes that the client's systolic blood pressure has increased by 30 mm Hg compared with the reading 1 hour ago. What is the nurse's best first action?
A. Measure abdominal girth. B. Auscultate the abdomen. C. Increase the IV rate. D. Measure blood pressure in both arms.
A female client's Pap test revealed atypical results. The nurse realizes that this client will most likely be scheduled for a(n):
1. culdoscopy. 2. colposcopy. 3. loop electrosurgical excision. 4. cold-knife conization.
An example of a program objective would be
a. To decrease the incidence of early childhood disease in Center County by providing immunization clinics in all schools between August and December of 2007 b. To provide condoms to sexually active teenagers in the local high school c. To increase by 25% the number of school-age children wearing seat belts d. To provide free diabetic screening every other month for two years