Clinical practice guidelines distill a large body of evidence into a manageable form. Which describes clinical practice guidelines?
A) Give general recommendations for evidence-based decision making.
B) Address all of the issues relevant to a clinical decision.
C) Guide clinical practice when there are a number of published articles.
D) Completed by researchers.
B
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1. Master the familiar units 2. Learn equivalents in two systems 3. Memorize all information 4. Depend on other nurses
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a. Intermittent hypertension b. Shunting of the blood from left to right c. Chronic hypoxia d. Vasoconstriction
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a. "I may take all of my daily dose in the morning or divide it in half and take it twice daily." b. "I will need to take this medication until my symptoms completely clear, and then I may stop." c. "Side effects are common with hydrocortisone, even with therapeutic doses." d. "When I am sick, I should take three times the normal dose for 3 days in a row."
There are two electronic fetal monitoring methods of obtaining the fetal heart rate: the ultrasound transducer and the fetal spiral electrode.
a. true b. false