A nursing assistant is speaking with a lab technician on the telephone. The telephone is an example of which of the following?
A) A channel
B) A message
C) A sender
D) A receiver
A
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While assessing a seven-year-old girl, the nurse notices a regular—irregular heartbeat. The nurse listens carefully and notes that the heart rate increases on inspiration and decreases on expiration
What is the most appropriate action for the nurse to take next? 1. Record the finding as normal. 2. Notify the physician. 3. Schedule an EKG. 4. Ask the mother if a murmur has been detected before.
A patient is considering moving to an assisted living facility. When providing education about assisted living facilities, the nurse states:
1. "An assisted living facility provides a homelike atmosphere." 2. "An assisted living facility provides a hospital-like atmosphere." 3. "Your physician will make daily visits while you're at an assisted living facility." 4. "You should move to an assisted living facility when you can no longer care for yourself."
The client receiving chemotherapy asked the nurse how most anticancer drugs kill cancer cells. The nurse's response would include that the mechanism of action works by:
a. affecting DNA synthesis or function b. damaging the plasma membrane and making the cell vulnerable to osmotic pressure c. inhibiting cell-wall synthesis during active multiplication d. inhibiting dependent RNA polymerase in susceptible cells, blocking protein synthesis
A researcher wishes to study the effects of a nursing intervention on children with cancer and obtains a sample of school-age children hospitalized for cancer treatment in a local hospital. This sample represents the
a. accessible population. b. general population c. target population. d. theoretical population.