A nurse is preparing a client for an intradermal skin test. What precautionary measure
should the nurse take when conducting the test?
A) Keep ready epinephrine 1:10,000
B) Caution client to wear a facemask
C) Have an ice pack readily available
D) Caution that the test will be painful
C
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The nurse notices that a co-worker seems to be distancing from a client who is dying from cancer. The nurse's best action is to:
1. Offer to trade assignments with this nurse. 2. Discuss the possibility of an unconscious distancing response with the co-worker. 3. Report her observations to the nurse supervisor. 4. Ask the co-worker if he has difficulty dealing with emotions.
Which statement is true of a set of scores that is negatively skewed?
1. There are more scores located at the lower end of the distribution. 2. The scores are evenly distributed in the distribution. 3. There are more scores that lie close to the mean of the distribution. 4. There are more scores located at the upper end of the distribution.
Educating clients in a rural community about food safety was a challenging task for the visiting nurse. Following the U.S. Dietary Guidelines, she stressed the importance of: (Select all that apply.)
1. Drinking only pasteurized milk. 2. Avoiding products containing raw eggs. 3. Drinking apple cider that was pasteurized. 4. Not eating raw sprouts. 5. Eating only organic foods.
The use of a computed tomography (CT) scanner to evaluate brain structure in individuals with schizophrenia during the 1970s found that lateral ventricles were:
a. larger in males with schizophrenia than in nonschizophrenic persons b. the cause of schizophrenia in older adults after 65 years of age c. larger in females with schizophrenia than in nonschizophrenic persons d. the same in both males and females with schizophrenia and were of little importance